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1. A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
   - kowtow

1. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
   "He is always kotowing to his boss";
   - fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick [informal], kowtow, suck up [informal], smoodge [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: kotowed, kotowing, kotows

Type of: blandish, bow[2], bowing, flatter, obeisance

Encyclopedia: Kotow, Podkarpackie Voivodeship