(engineering) A spring in the shape of a bow.

To bow (gesture of deference). / (idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act. / (idiomatic) To end a performance; to leave.

A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.

To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.

(idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.

(music) A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.

The sound of a dog barking. / (humorous or childish) A dog.

(dated, informal, of language) Grandiose.

Representing the sound of a dog barking.

having a bowleg