1) Bend 2) Bootlick 3) Fawn 4) Grovel 5) Kneel 6) Kotow 7) Stoop
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1) WW took a bow 2) Act deferentially 3) Act like a toady 4) Be obsequious 5) Bow in a servile manner 6) Bow like a servant 7) Bow obsequiously 8) Bow of respect 9) Bowing 10) Brownnose 11) Defer obsequiously 12) Display deference 13) Grovel 14) Kotow 15) Obeisance 16) Obey submissively 17) Obsequious act
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A show of deference to the emperor and other important officials in imperial China. Kowtowing required an elaborate series of bows, ending with touching one
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Kowtow, which is borrowed from kau tau in Cantonese, or koutou in Mandarin Chinese, is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one`s head touching the ground. An alternative Chinese term is ketou, however the meaning is somewhat altered: kou has the general meaning of knock, whereas ke has the ....
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• (n. & v. i.) The same as Kotow.
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in traditional China, the act of supplication made by an inferior to his superior by kneeling and knocking his head to the floor. This prostration ... [1 related articles]
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Kow·tow' noun & intransitive verb The same as
Kotow . « I have salaamed and
kowtowed to him.»
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Kowtow is a Chinese ceremony of prostration that was performed by mandarins and others before the emperor. It involved going down on all fours and touching the ground with the forehead three, four or sometimes nine times.
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[
n] - a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
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kotow noun a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
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to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference. · to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., esp. in former Chinese custom.
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