Verb
(third-person singular simple present bows and scrapes, present participle bowing and scraping, simple past and past participle bowed and scraped)
- To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the flo), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
- (idiomatic, by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
Noun
(plural bows and scrapes or bow and scrapes)
- A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.
