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kowtow::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bootlick, fawn, kotow, suck up, toady, truckle |
| Type of | flatter, blandish |
| Has types | court favour, curry favor, curry favour, court favor |
He is always kowtowing to his boss.
Examples of kowtow
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Refuses to kowtow to big names, with every player expected to pull their weight.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They resent having to kowtow to rogue oil exporters such as Venezuela and Iran.
From the heraldtribune.com
Only English-speakers, it seems, are expected to kowtow to name-changers'whims.
From the economist.com
My job is not to get out there and kowtow to these guys so they'll be nice to me.
From the boston.com
In Imperial Chinese protocol, the kowtow was performed before the Emperor of China.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ever-arrogant Apple may have failed to kowtow to the right officials in Beijing.
From the economist.com
As for Apple, it has already invested so much there, it has no choice but to kowtow.
From the economist.com
Was the court set up only for those who don't kowtow to western corporate interests?
From the guardian.co.uk
When approaching the Imperial throne, one was expected to kowtow before the Emperor.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
- Scrape: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- Fawn: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
- Kowtow, which is borrowed from kau tau in Cantonese (koutou in Mandarin Chinese), is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground...
- (or kowtow) is the correct spelling. Cow-tow (or cowtow) is a spelling that only bovine linguists would be "mooved" by. SEE ALSO kowtow; kowtowed.
- Bowing down to someone to show respect.
- An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood.
