Definition of Kowtow

Kow`tow´
n.1.The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground; same as Kotow. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings.
v. i.1.To perform the kowtow. Same as Kotow
[imp. & p. p. Kowtowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Kowtowing.]


Related Words

apple-polish, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bending the knee, bob, bob a curtsy, bob down, bootlick, bow and scrape, bow down, bow the head, bow to, bowing and scraping, brown-nose, butter up, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, dance attendance on, dipping the colors, do homage, do obeisance, duck, fall down before, fawn, flatter, genuflection, grovel, homage, inclination, kneel to, kneeling, knuckle to, lick the dust, lickspittle, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, pander to, pay court to, play up to, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation, salute, scrape, servility, shine up to, squat, standing at attention, submission, submissiveness, suck up to, supination, toadeat, toady, truckle, truckle to


Search

Word:

Browse

Koorilian
Kop
kopeck
kopje
kor
Koran
Korea
Korean
Korin
Korinthos
Korrigum
kos
Kosher
Kosmos
Kosteletzya
Kotow
Koulan
Koumiss
Kousso
kowhai
Kr
Kra
Kraal
Krait
Kraken
Krakowiak
Krameria
Krameric
Krang
Kranging hook
Kreatic
Kreatin
Kreatinin
Kreel
Kremlin
Krems
Krems lead
Krems white
Kreng
Kreosote
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
© 2008 Interapple, Inc.Cover