Sekirov Dictionary

kite

/kaɪt/

noun18

  1. A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
  2. A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
  3. A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
  4. Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
  5. A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
  6. Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
  7. A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite: a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
  8. (slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
  9. (slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
  10. (figurative) A rapacious person.
  11. (old-fashioned) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
  12. (slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
  13. (slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
  14. (US, slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
  15. (slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
  16. A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
  17. (dialect, Scotland) The stomach; the belly.
  18. (dialect, UK) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.

verb12

  1. (slang) to write a check on a bank account that does not have enough money, either to cheat or in the hope that money arrives before the check is paid
  2. to make something such as a cost rise very quickly
  3. (figurative) to move very fast, as if flying
  4. to stay just out of an enemy's reach so that it keeps following, often while attacking it from a distance, usually in video games
  5. To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
  6. to travel across water, snow or land pulled by a large cloth wing that the wind lifts, holding it by long ropes and often standing on a board
  7. to glide on the wind like a bird with still wings, or to carry someone or something along in that way
  8. (slang) to illegally change a record such as a doctor's prescription to show a higher number or amount, in order to keep the difference for oneself
  9. (US, slang) to take something that belongs to someone else without permission, to steal it
  10. (US, slang) to pass a letter or a spoken message into, inside or out of a prison, usually in secret and often illegally
  11. (rare) to fly a light toy in the wind on a long string, controlling it from the ground
  12. To deflect sideways in the water.
kite
/ˈkiːtɛ/

noun1

  1. A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
forms

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Phrases with kite

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