Definitions for kiting

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kiting kit·ing

Spelling: [kahy-ting]

IPA: /ˈkaɪ tɪŋ/

Kiting is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in kiting (giiknt).

Definitions for kiting

noun

1. kiteflying.
2. hang gliding.
3. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
4. 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.
5. Nautical. flying kite.
6. 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.
7. a person who preys on others; sharper.

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 kiting

First recorded in 1860-65; kite¹ + -ing¹

Examples for kiting

He sent the 190 kiting along the tops of the waves and away inland.

Right welcome was the usual afternoon squall, which sent these pests "kiting" over the stern.

He knew instinctively the principles of "pyramiding" and "kiting."

Now you will have to excuse me—the market's kiting, and I've got to watch it.

The ice was smooth and hard, and the breeze powerful enough to send them along at a kiting pace.

Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.

The fever of speculation was in the veins of the community before "kiting" began.

For an instant all hands beheld a small sloop with a broken mast, kiting before the wind.

So he was all ears when Sloan one night gave his opinions on the subject of kiting.

This was a system of "kiting" stocks, just as other fraud concerns have been known to kite checks.