1
: a light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string
2
: any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail
3
: a person who preys on others
4
: a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing
5
: a light sail used in a light breeze usually in addition to the regular working sails
especially
: spinnaker
kited; kiting
1
: to use (a bad check) to get credit or money
2
: to cause to soar
kited the prices they charged wealthy clients
1
a
: to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner
b
: to rise rapidly : soar
2
: to get money or credit by a kite
kiter
noun
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Examples of kite in a Sentence
Noun
The children were flying kites.
characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers
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Lea Lane, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Closer to Labor Day, the Mile High Kite Festival celebrates the area’s cooler summer temperatures and elevation with a day of kite flying and making.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024
NBC News, 23 July 2024
People fly kites during the celebrations to mark India's Independence Day in New Delhi on August 15, 2023.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 July 2024
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Noun
Other activities centered on the water are at nearby Haulover Marina, with deep sea fishing charters, jet ski, kite and water sports rentals.
—Lea Lane, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Closer to Labor Day, the Mile High Kite Festival celebrates the area’s cooler summer temperatures and elevation with a day of kite flying and making.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
In kiting, athletes race on boards that fly above the water.
—NBC News, 23 July 2024
People fly kites during the celebrations to mark India's Independence Day in New Delhi on August 15, 2023.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 July 2024
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“Kite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kite. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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