kowtow

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

verb

bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

Kowtow in a sentence

I suppose you're going to be nice to Odie and kowtow to Jon and lick the mailman's boots! I don't like you already.

Three elders dressed in their long silk ceremonial gowns perform the kowtow before the altar in their clan ancestral hall.

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