Violin player to acknowledge applause (3)
I believe the answer is:
bow
This might be a double definition.
'violin' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'acknowledge applause' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'player to' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to one of the definitions.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bow that I've seen before include "Front part of a ship" , "Bending in reverence or shame" , "Part of London" , "Incline respectfully; a weapon" , "Front or forward end of ship" .)