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1. A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
    
2. A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
    
3. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
    
4. Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

1. Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
   "He kited many checks"
    
2. Get credit or money by using a bad check
   "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
    
3. Soar or fly like a kite
   "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
    
4. Fly a kite
   "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"

Derived forms: kites, kited, kiting

Type of: bank check [US], check [N. Amer], cheque [Brit, Cdn], fly, glide, hawk, increase, obtain, plaything, toy

Part of: Accipitridae, family Accipitridae

Encyclopedia: Kite Kite, GA Kite, Georgia