'Kowtowing' definitions:

Definition of 'Kowtowing'

From: GCIDE
  • Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kowtowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Kowtowing.] To perform the kowtow. Same as Kotow [1913 Webster]
  • I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. --H. James. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.
  • Syn: kotow. [PJC]

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