'Kite' definitions:

Definition of 'kite'

(from WordNet)
noun
A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
noun
A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
noun
Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
noun
Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
verb
Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"
verb
Get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
verb
Soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
verb
Fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"

Definition of 'Kite'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Kite'

From: GCIDE
  • Kite \Kite\, v. i. To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6. [Cant] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Kite'

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

Definition of 'kite'

From: Easton
  • 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.

Synonyms of 'kite'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Kite, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.

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