CURTSY


Meaning of CURTSY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɜ:(r)tsi ]

also curtsey

( curtsies, curtsying, curtsied)

If a woman or a girl curtsies , she lowers her body briefly, bending her knees and sometimes holding her skirt with both hands, as a way of showing respect for an important person.

We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen...

Ingrid shook the Duchess’s hand and curtsied.

VERB : V to n , V

Curtsy is also a noun.

She gave a curtsy.

N-COUNT

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