also curtsey
(curtsies, ~ing, 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 ~ to the Queen...
Ingrid shook the Duchess’s hand and curtsied.
VERB: V to n, V
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Curtsy is also a noun.
She gave a ~.
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