Dictionary

shampoolike en · ADJ

Etymology

From shampoo + -like.

Meanings

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
   • 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. 2004, Scott Westerfeld, So yesterday:
   • 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. 1996, Paul Henson, Donald J. Usner, Valerie A. Kells, The Natural History of Big Sur:

Forms

Synonyms

shampooey