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v. - Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner; Bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image.

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  • Maybe it's a stretch, but I think it's a take off of the word "genuflect," which means to go down on your knees.
  • "genuflect," but it doesn't matter, because it's hot girls with large breasts and wearing tight clothing fighting a giant mutated frog!
  • The older woman cried, bowing her head to genuflect.
  • He didn't genuflect, and I glanced involuntarily at him.
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