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]
   [1913 Webster]

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. Fig.: One who is rapacious.
      [1913 Webster]

            Detested kite, thou liest.            --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis
      of symmetry. --Henrici.
      [1913 Webster]

   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]
      [1913 Webster]

   7. (Zool.) The brill. [Prov. Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

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"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "kite":
   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, gain altitude, green goods, hang, heavier-than-air craft,
   hightail, hover, leave the ground, plane, poise, queer,
   rubber check, scram, ship, skedaddle, soar, spire, take off,
   vamoose, zoom



Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Kite
   an unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut.
   14:13). The Hebrew word used, _'ayet_, is rendered "vulture" in
   Job 28:7 in Authorized Version, "falcon" in Revised Version. It
   is probably the red kite (Milvus regalis), a bird of piercing
   sight and of soaring habits found all over Palestine.


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Kite, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
   Population (2000):    241
   Housing Units (2000): 140
   Land area (2000):     0.804862 sq. miles (2.084582 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.804862 sq. miles (2.084582 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            43892
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             32.691472 N, 82.515378 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     31049
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Kite, GA
    Kite