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Curtsey Common

Curtsey has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women

2

A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.

Verb
1

bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

2

To make a curtsey.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reverence gesture bow
Rhyming Words
sey casey jasey kasey vasey absey kesey pusey vesey arsey rosey posey nosey mosey josey bosey busey patsey hussey bussey
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