KITE

Definition:

1. [noun] a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
   
   
2. [noun] a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
   
   
3. [noun] plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
   
   
4. [noun] any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
   
   
5. [verb] increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"
   
   
6. [verb] get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
   
   
7. [verb] soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
   
   
8. [verb] fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"
   
   

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Related Words:

• box kite
• sport kite, stunt kite
• black kite, Milvus migrans
• swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatus
• white-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus

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