What does kow-tow mean?

kow-tow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

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"Prince Chun, who even in Europe would not kow-tow to a European or allow his attendants to kow-tow, will be, we may rest assured, a hero in Chinese eyes."
"I do not believe in kow-towing to anybody"
"[U]nless you kow-tow to an old order, this is what will happen to you"

kow-tows (present, singular) kow-towing (participle, present) kow-towed (participle, past) kow-towed (past)

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