shamˈpooing, vbl. n.
[-ing1.]
The action or operation of shampoo v.
| 1762 [? Noble] Voy. E. Indies, etc. 226 Shampooing is an operation not known in Europe and is peculiar to the Chinese. 1823 J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 114 We had long ago seen negroes employed in percussion upon their Barbadean masters, by whom it is termed ‘Champooing’. 1829 Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) IV. 350 To these [remedies] should be added a series of friction, and especially of shampooing or manipulation applied down the whole course of the spine. 1829 Health & Longevity 235 In the East Indies, friction with the hand, or what is called champouing, is generally practised. 1869 M. Wilks Hist. Sk. S. India (ed. 2) I. xii. 276 note, Shampoeing may be compared to a gentle kneading of the whole person. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 778 In all these [remedies] the shampooing necessary for their thorough application plays an important part in the treatment. |
| attrib. 1815 Sporting Mag. XLVI. 213, I set up a sort of shampooing scheme for the cure of the lumbago. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 313 A shampooing or vapour bath. a 1881 R. W. Procter Barber's Shop xvii. (1883) 160 Brilliant with gas, and redolent of rich perfume, are the modern shampooing saloons. |