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Definition of Kite
1. Noun. A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value.
2. Verb. Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently. "He kited many checks"
3. Noun. A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float.
4. Verb. Get credit or money by using a bad check. "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
5. Noun. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string.
Terms within: Kite Tail
Generic synonyms: Plaything, Toy
6. Verb. Soar or fly like a kite. "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
7. Noun. Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals.
Generic synonyms: Hawk
Specialized synonyms: Black Kite, Milvus Migrans, Elanoides Forficatus, Swallow-tailed Hawk, Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanus Leucurus, White-tailed Kite
8. Verb. Fly a kite. "They kited the Red Dragon model"
Definition of Kite
1. n. Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
2. v. i. To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
3. n. The belly.
4. n. A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; -- called also sentry.
Definition of Kite
1. to obtain money or credit fraudulently [v KITED, KITING, KITES]
Medical Definition of Kite
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