kite

kite is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. 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.
2. noun. Fig. : One who is rapacious.
3. 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.
4. noun. A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
5. noun. A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
6. 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.
7. noun. The brill.
8. intransitive verb. To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
9. noun. The belly.
10. noun. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
11. noun. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
12. noun. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
13. noun. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
14. verb. fly a kite

    "Kids were kiting in the park"

    "They kited the Red Dragon model"

15. verb. soar or fly like a kite

    "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"

16. verb. get credit or money by using a bad check

    "The businessman kited millions of dollars"

17. verb. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently

    "He kited many checks"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in kite:

tike

Common word forms

kited, kiter, kites, kiting

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