shampoolike

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English

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Etymology

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From shampoo +‎ -like.

Adjective

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shampoolike (comparative more shampoolike, superlative most shampoolike)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
    • 1996, Paul Henson, Donald J. Usner, Valerie A. Kells, The Natural History of Big Sur:
      Others, such as wavy-leaf soap plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum), were used to stupefy and catch fish in the streams and to make a shampoolike soap.
    • 2004, Scott Westerfeld, So yesterday:
      It foamed up in a very shampoolike way. In the mirror a wild-eyed, peroxided stranger who had clearly gone insane stared back at me.

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