'Kowtowing' definitions:
Definition of 'Kowtowing'
- 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]
Words containing 'Kowtowing'
