Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kotowing}.]
1. To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled {kowtow}. [Also
spelled {kowtow}.]
[1913 Webster]
2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to
act obsequiously.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.]
Same as {kowtow}, the more common spellings. [China] [Also
spelled {kowtow}.] --S. W. Williams.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.]
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.
[China] [Also spelled {kotow}.] --S. W. Williams.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kotow
n 1: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the
forehead as a sign of respect or submission [syn: {kowtow},
{kotow}]
v 1: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: {fawn}, {toady}, {truckle},
{bootlick}, {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
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