SkyfireDict

kite   (TTS Sound)

The noun kite has 4 senses

• kite -- (a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value)


• kite -- (a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float)


• kite -- (plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string)


• kite -- (any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals)

The verb kite has 4 senses

• kite -- (increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks")


• kite -- (get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars")


• kite -- (soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains")


• kite -- (fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model")