Kite - English meaning
Kite – definitions in English dictionary
nounA toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
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Despite one close call when it dropped so far that the line briefly got caught in the branches of a…nounA medium to large long-winged bird of prey which typically has a forked tail and frequently soars on updraughts of air.
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Initially, they could not figure out if the bird was a kite or an eagle.nounA fraudulent cheque, bill, or receipt.
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Inmates manage to pass ‘kites’ or handwritten notes to each other.nounA quadrilateral figure having two pairs of equal adjacent sides, symmetrical only about one diagonal.
verbFly a kite.
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While i kited, she would always watch out for meverbWrite or use (a cheque, bill, or receipt) fraudulently.
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Prosecutors haven't revealed how he was tracked down, but as part of the plea deal they agreed not …
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Word origin
Old English cȳta (in kite (sense 2 of the noun)); probably of imitative origin and related to German Kauz ‘screech owl’. The toy was so named because it hovers in the air like the bird.
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