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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ʃæmˈpuː/^(Wiktionary)
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  ==Etymology==
− First recorded in 1762 as a verb meaning “to massage”,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) probably [[bor|hi|चाँपो|tr=cā̃po]], imperative of [[hi|चाँपना|tr=cā̃pnā|t=to press, knead]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) The practice is described in ''A Voyage to the East Indies'' (1762).^(Etymonline)
+ It is probably [[bor|hi|चाँपो|tr=cā̃po]], imperative of [[hi|चाँपना|tr=cā̃pnā|t=to press, knead]],^(AHD)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) via Anglo-Indian ''shampoo''.^(Etymonline) Etymonline suggests that the Hindi word is perhaps from Sanskrit ''capayati'' “pounds, kneads”.^(Etymonline)
  
− The sense “to lather and wash the hair” is recorded by 1860, and the noun “soap for shampooing” by 1866.^(Etymonline)
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ As a verb, “to massage”: to rub and press the body to restore tone and vigour (1762).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) The practice is described in ''A Voyage to the East Indies'' (1762).^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The sense “to wash the hair with soap” is recorded by 1860,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and was extended in 1954 to carpets and upholstery.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The noun meant the act of shampooing from 1838,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the soap used for it from 1866.^(Etymonline) The old sense “massage” survives in descriptions of the Turkish bath.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1762 – verb, “to massage”.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)
+ * 1838 – noun, “the act of shampooing”.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)
+ * 1860 – “to wash the hair”.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1866 – “a preparation for washing hair”.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1935 – ''shampoo and set''.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1954 – of carpets and upholstery.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
+ 
+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A liquid or cream soap for washing the hair.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A cleaning preparation for carpets, upholstery, or cars.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)
+ # An act of washing with shampoo.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ===Verb===
+ # To wash the hair, or carpets and similar things, with shampoo.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(archaic)'' To massage.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[shampooer]]
  
  ==References==