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shampoolike

shampoolike adjective: resembling or characteristic of shampoo.

Adjective

shampoolike (comparative more shampoolike, superlative most shampoolike)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
    • 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
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    shampooey

Synonyms of shampoolike

Forms of shampoolike

comparativemore shampoolike
superlativemost shampoolike

Origin of shampoolike

From shampoo + -like.

Questions about shampoolike

What does shampoolike mean?
Shampoolike means resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
What part of speech is shampoolike?
Shampoolike is an adjective.

Words near shampoolike in the dictionary

  1. shampooer
  2. shampooers
  3. shampooey
  4. shampooing
  5. shampooings
  6. shampoolike
  7. shampoos
  8. shampos
  9. Shamps
  10. shamrock
  11. shamrockery

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