curtsy noun
plural curtsies also curtseys
plural curtsies also curtseys
Learner's definition of CURTSY
[count]
: a formal way of greeting an important person (such as a king or queen) in which a woman shows respect by placing one foot slightly behind the other and bending her knees(女子行的)屈膝礼
— curtsy
also curtsey verb curtsies also curtseys; curtsied also curtseyed; curtsying also curtseying [no object]