NOUN (4)

1. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value;

2. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float;

3. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string;

4. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals;


VERB (4)

1. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently;
- Example: "He kited many checks"

2. get credit or money by using a bad check;
- Example: "The businessman kited millions of dollars"

3. soar or fly like a kite;
- Example: "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"

4. fly a kite;
- Example: "Kids were kiting in the park"
- Example: "They kited the Red Dragon model"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kite \Kite\, v. i.
   To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See
   Kite, 6. [Cant]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kite \Kite\ (k[imac]t), n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[=y]ta; cf. W. cud,
   cut.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Zool.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin[ae],
      of which many species are known. They have long wings,
      adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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   Note: The European species are Milvus ictinus and Milvus
         migrans; the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda;
         the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur
         Indus; the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus
         furcatus.
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   2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
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            Detested kite, thou liest.            --Shak.
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   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.
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   4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
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   5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
      of symmetry. --Henrici.
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   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. [Cant]
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   7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
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   8. (Naut.) 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.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   Flying kites. (Naut.) See under Flying.

   Kite falcon (Zool.), an African falcon of the genus
      Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kite \Kite\, n.
   The belly. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   [1913 Webster] Kiteflying

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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