1
: a light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string
2
: any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail
3
: a person who preys on others
4
: a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing
5
: a light sail used in a light breeze usually in addition to the regular working sails
especially
: spinnaker
kited; kiting
1
: to use (a bad check) to get credit or money
2
: to cause to soar
kited the prices they charged wealthy clients
1
a
: to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner
b
: to rise rapidly : soar
2
: to get money or credit by a kite
kiter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of kite in a Sentence
Noun
The children were flying kites.
characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers
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Emily Goligoski, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The company has developed what is essentially a 12-ft (3.7-m) kite with generators attached to its wings on what appears to be about a 200-ft (60-m) steel tether with a power cable running down to the ground.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 15 Jan. 2025
In addition to coveted sightings of the Florida scrub jay, birders can seek out 142 other bird species observed along the Great Florida Birding Trail within the park, including chestnut-sided warblers, Mississippi kites, and Blackburnian warblers.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The National Cherry Blossom Festival makes the Mall inviting every spring, especially for the make-or-bring-your-own kite festival (March 29 this year).
—Emily Goligoski, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The company has developed what is essentially a 12-ft (3.7-m) kite with generators attached to its wings on what appears to be about a 200-ft (60-m) steel tether with a power cable running down to the ground.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Cowell also assembled a small prison ensemble and played duets with violinist Raul Pereira, who was serving time for kiting checks.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 15 Jan. 2025
In addition to coveted sightings of the Florida scrub jay, birders can seek out 142 other bird species observed along the Great Florida Birding Trail within the park, including chestnut-sided warblers, Mississippi kites, and Blackburnian warblers.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Kite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kite. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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