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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of KOWTOW.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kotow Ko*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. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kotow Ko*tow", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.] To perform the kotow.