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kowtows

kowtows is the plural of kowtow.

Meaning of kowtow

Noun

kowtow (plural kowtows)

  1. (intransitive) The act of kowtowing.
    • Three elders dressed in their long silk ceremonial gowns perform the kowtow before the altar in their clan ancestral hall.1990, Hugh D. R. Baker, Hong Kong Images: People and Animals, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 93
    Synonyms:
    dogeza

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Questions about kowtows

What is kowtows the plural of?
Kowtows is the plural of kowtow.

Words near kowtows in the dictionary

  1. kowtowed
  2. kowtower
  3. kowtowers
  4. kowtowing
  5. kowtowings
  6. kowtows
  7. Kowtun
  8. Koxinga
  9. Koxlax
  10. Koxtag
  11. Koy

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