Definitions for kites

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kites kite

Spelling: [kahyt]

IPA: /kaɪt/

Kites is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in kites (eikst).

Definitions for kites

noun

1. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
2. any of several small birds of the hawk family Accipitridae that have long, pointed wings, feed on insects, carrion, reptiles, rodents, and birds, and are noted for their graceful, gliding flight. Compare black kite, swallow-tailed kite, white-tailed kite.
3. Nautical. flying kite.
4. Finance. a check drawn against uncollected or insufficient funds, as for redepositing, with the intention of creating a false balance in the account by taking advantage of the time lapse required for collection. a check whose amount has been raised by forgery before cashing.
5. a person who preys on others; sharper.
6. kyte.
7. the paunch; stomach; belly.

verb (used with object)

1. to employ (a check or the like) as a kite; to cash or pass (a kite, forged check, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. Informal. to fly or move with a rapid or easy motion like that of a kite.
2. to obtain money or credit through kites.

Origin of kites

before 900 for def 2; 1655-65 for def 1; Middle English kyte, Old English cȳta kite, bittern; akin to German Kauz owl

Examples for kites

He was a fairly well-known actor already—the star of The kite Runner.

Great was Maui's surprise and consternation when he found his kite gone.

Maybe not good enough to fly a kite with my face on it through Central Park, but better.

No kite ever pursued its quarry with a keener eye than we did.

I had never seen a kite, except far away in the sky: I took it for a bird.

Captain Dan got a kite up a little better than I had hoped for.

If you could carry the money-box, and him could carry you, then it would be kite easy.

I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting.

The author of The kite Runner picks his favorite short story collections.

Manned, unmanned, a balloon, a kite—you still have to get the information into the hands of the firefighters.