kite

Noun

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

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

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

• a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

Verb

• fly a kite
  • Kids were kiting in the park
    
  • They kited the Red Dragon model
    

• soar or fly like a kite
  • The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains
    

• get credit or money by using a bad check
  • The businessman kited millions of dollars
    

• increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
  • He kited many checks