KITE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German kūze owl Date: before 12th century any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail, a person who preys on others, a light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string, a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing, a light sail used in a light breeze usually in addition to the regular working sails, ~like adjective II. verb (~d; kiting) Date: 1839 transitive verb to use (a bad check) to get credit or money, to cause to soar , intransitive verb 1. to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner, to rise rapidly ; soar , to get money or credit by a ~, ~r noun