curtsies

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  • curtsies — curt·sy || kɜːtsɪ n. feminine version of a bow made by bending the knees and lowering the body v. bow by bending the knees and lowering the body (done by women) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • CURTSIES — …   Useful english dictionary

  • curtsey — I curtsy UK [ˈkɜː(r)tsɪ] / US [ˈkɜrtsɪ] or curtsey UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms curtsy : present tense I/you/we/they curtsy he/she/it curtsies present participle curtsying past tense curtsied past participle curtsied if a woman curtsies …   English dictionary

  • curtsy — I curtsy UK [ˈkɜː(r)tsɪ] / US [ˈkɜrtsɪ] or curtsey UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms curtsy : present tense I/you/we/they curtsy he/she/it curtsies present participle curtsying past tense curtsied past participle curtsied if a woman curtsies …   English dictionary

  • dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …   Universalium

  • minuet — /min yooh et /, n. 1. a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2. a piece of music for such a dance or in its rhythm. [1665 75; < F menuet, equiv. to menu small (see MENU) + et ET; so called from the… …   Universalium

  • curtsy — curt|sy curtsey [ˈkə:tsi US ˈkə:r ] v past tense and past participle curtsied present participle curtsying third person singular curtsies [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: courtesy] if a woman curtsies, she bends her knees with one foot in front of the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • curtsy — [[t]kɜ͟ː(r)tsi[/t]] curtsies, curtsying, curtsied also curtsey VERB 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 …   English dictionary

  • curtsy — (also curtsey) noun (plural curtsies or curtseys) a woman s or girl s formal greeting made by bending the knees with one foot in front of the other. verb (curtsies, curtsying, curtsied or curtseys, curtseying, curtseyed) perform a curtsy. Ori …   English new terms dictionary

  • curtsy — meaning a woman s or girl s formal greeting, is spelt curtsy in preference to curtsey. Its plural is curtsies, (in similar preference to curtseys), and as a verb it has inflected forms curtsies, curtsied, curtsying …   Modern English usage

  • curtsy — (also curtsey) ► NOUN (pl. curtsies or curtseys) ▪ a woman s or girl s formal greeting, made by bending the knees with one foot in front of the other. ► VERB (curtsies, curtsied or curtseys, curtseyed) ▪ perform a …   English terms dictionary


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