English Explanatory Dictionary

bow and scrape

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
  2. To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
noun
  1. A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.

Pronunciation

/ˌbaʊ ən ˈskɹeɪp/ en-au-bow and scrape.ogg

Word forms

bow and scrape bows and scrapes bowing and scraping bowed and scraped scrape and bow

Synonyms

make a leg brownnose fawn suck up apple-polish bootlick bow and scrape butter up dickride duchess fawn over fellate flannel honey around honey up kiss someone's ass kiss someone's ring kiss up kowtow lick someone's ass lick someone's balls overflatter overpraise overrate toady

Related words

kowtow
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