curtsy to



curtsy to someone

[for a woman] to dip or bow in deference to someone. Of course, I curtsied to the queen! Do you think I'm an anarchist? The little girls curtsied after they did their dance number.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kreindel-Yiddish
Oren-Hebrew
CroftonKRAWF-tənEnglish (Rare)
LjubanLYOO-bahnSerbian, Croatian
Delyth-Welsh
HÅVard-Norwegian