kite

kite
kite1 [kaıt] n
[: Old English; Origin: cyta]
1.) a light frame covered in coloured paper or plastic that you let fly in the air on the end of one or two long strings
2.) a type of ↑hawk (=bird that eats small animals)
3.) AmE informal an illegal cheque
4.) fly a kite
to make a suggestion to see what people will think of it
go fly a kite atfly1 (24), high as a kite athigh1 (24)
kite 2
kite2 v [I and T] AmE informal
1.) also kite up
to raise the cost of something
= ↑hike up
Soaring medical costs keep kiting up insurance premiums.
2.) to obtain money using an illegal cheque

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