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kite

English

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

Spanish

  1. 🔊 chichigua kite
  2. 🔊 pandorga kite
  3. 🔊 papagayo kite
  4. 🔊 papelote kite
  5. 🔊 piscucha kite
  6. 🔊 volador kite

Similar words

eddy kite aeroplane aircraft airplane aspire avion bad check bad money base coin become airborne begone bogus money box kite claw skyward clear out counterfeit counterfeit money decamp false money float fly fly aloft flying machine forgery