Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - curtsy

also curtsey (curtsies, curtsying, curtsied) 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. We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen... Ingrid shook the Duchess’s hand and curtsied. VERB: V to n, V • Curtsy is also a noun. She gave a curtsy. N-COUNT