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  • verb Present participle of salaam.

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Examples

  • There are still some goofs with regard to Islam here and there (e.g., no one "salaaming" the imam as they enter his office), and the idea of "Halaloween" is a bit ... well, goofy.

    Little Mosque on the Prairie, Episode 4: Swimming Upstream JDsg 2007

  • 'salaaming'; this done, he advances to the foot of the throne, repeats the three salaams, then presents with both hands the nuzza on the kerchief, which the King touches with, his hand, and the Vizier receives and deposits with the collected heap by the side of his Majesty.

    Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

  • So, what have been the results of all this bowing and salaaming?

    Ken Blackwell: Shovel-Ready in the Middle East? Ken Blackwell 2011

  • As Horton stood rooted to the spot, embarrassed and helpless, the native was salaaming up and down, screaming for mercy at the top of his lungs.

    Golden State 2010

  • "I know very well who and what he is," says she quietly, and at that the gotch-eyed son-of-a-bitch said no more, but bowed again and took himself off, with the two troopers sidling hastily after him, salaaming nervously as they passed her.

    Fiancée 2010

  • If PT Barnum was alive today, I imagine he would be salaaming, in abject awe, at the degree of suckerdom foisted on the general public by the carnivorous maw that is cellular telephone Corporate thinking.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2005

  • Expect Roberts to lean over backwards to the point of reverse salaaming to corporations 'freedom to operate as they see fit, explaining that this is a socio-economic issue and it is up to government to regulate it, not the courts, unless it can be shown that the concentration at issue is causing extraordinary damage to other businesses or to the public.

    What to Expect from John Roberts 2005

  • It's all about orbiting, serving and salaaming their Sun Gods.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • At the camping-ground I found rows of salaaming Lahulis drawn up, and Hassan Khan in a state which was a compound of pomposity and jubilant excitement.

    Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

  • I went and nearly tackled the owner, salaaming shamelessly and offering him shekels and attempting to hug his neck as he listened to me babble.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2004

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