1. A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
2. any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.
3. any of various predatory birds of the hawk family Accipitridae, having a long, often forked tail and long pointed wings.
4. A piece of negotiable paper representing a fictitious financial transaction and used temporarily to sustain credit or raise money.
5. A bank check drawn on insufficient funds to take advantage of the time interval required for collection.
6. A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to show a larger amount.
7. to fly like a kite; soar or glide.
8. to get money or credit with a kite.
9. to use (a bad check) to sustain credit or raise money.
10. to increase the amount of (a check) fraudulently.

1. any of falconiform birds of prey in the subfamily Elaninae of the family Accipitridae with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.
2. A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
3. A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
4. A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
5. A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.
6. A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
7. an aircraft, or aeroplane.
8. A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.
9. A spinnaker.
10. A short letter.
11. to fly a kite.
12. to glide in the manner of a kite.
13. to travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
14. to toss or cast.
15. to write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
16. to cause an increase, especially in costs.
17. to attack and destroy a monster or mob from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
18. to deflect sideways in the water.
19. to send a short letter.
20. to steal.
21. the stomach; belly.

1. 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. fig.: one who is rapacious.
3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
4. A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
6. fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
7. the brill.
8. 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.
9. the belly.
10. to raise money by “kites;” .

1. to go or fly with great rapidity or with the ease of a kite: as, to go kiting about.
2. to fly commercial “kites”; raise money or gain the temporary use of money by means of accommodation bills, or by borrowed, illegally certified, or worthless checks.
3. A dialectal variant of kit for cut.
4. to fly a bird-shaped kite over a grouse moor: an english sporting-term. the birds, taking this for a hawk, lie close, until the dogs are near.
5. A diurnal bird of prey of the family Falconidæ and subfamily Milvinæ; a glede.
6. A sharper.
7. [prob. so called from its hovering in the air, like the bird so named.] A light frame, usually of wood and covered with paper, constructed for flying in the air by means of a long cord attached.
8. nautical, one of the highest and lightest sails; one of the small sails that are usually spread in light winds, and furled in a strong breeze.
9.
10. the brill. [local, eng.]
11. the belly.
12. A variety of tumbler, black, with the inner webs of the primaries red or yellow.
13. something thrown out as a suggestion to see ‘how the wind blows’—what the condition of public opinion is on a certain subject, or what conclusions may inferentially be drawn.
14. in geometry, a deltoid: so called by Sylvester from its resemblance to a spear-kite.

1. soar or fly like a kite
2. fly a kite
3. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
4. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
5. get credit or money by using a bad check
6. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
7. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
8. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float