noun fig. : one who is rapacious.
2. kite ·noun the belly.
3. kite ·noun the brill.
4. kite ·noun a lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. kite ·noun a quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
6. kite ·vi to raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. ·see kite, 6.
7. kite ·noun a light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
8. kite ·noun any raptorial bird of the subfamily milvinae, of which many species are known. they have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
9. kite ·add. ·noun a form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface;
called also sentry.
10. kite ·noun fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.