kowtowing
English edit
Verb edit
kowtowing
- present participle and gerund of kowtow
Noun edit
kowtowing (plural kowtowings)
- The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.
- 1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter:
- Yoritomo met their smiles and kowtowings and noisy insuckings of breath with an austere dignity that I took pains to imitate.