kite

A noun with multiple meanings: a light frame covered with paper flown in the wind on a string; a bird of prey with long wings; or a fraudulent financial check.

• 🇩🇪Ein Substantiv mit mehreren Bedeutungen: ein leichter, mit Papier oder Stoff bespannter Rahmen, der an einer Schnur in die Luft steigen gelassen wird; ein Greifvogel mit langen Flügeln; oder ein betrügerischer Scheck bzw. Wechsel.

1. Flying toy A1 formal

   A light frame covered with paper or cloth, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a string.

   • The children flew their kite in the park.
   • He spent the afternoon making a colorful kite.
   • The kite soared high above the beach.

   🇩🇪Drachen

2. Bird of prey B2 formal scientific

   A small to medium-sized hawk with long, pointed wings, known for feeding on insects and small animals.

   • A kite circled overhead, searching for prey.
   • The red kite is a protected species in this region.
   • We spotted a kite gliding gracefully over the field.

   🇩🇪Greifvogel

   Synonyme: milan

3. Fraudulent check C1 formal legal

   A bank check that has been illegally altered to increase its face value, or one drawn on insufficient funds to exploit the time delay in processing.

   • The accountant was arrested for passing a kite.
   • The bank flagged the transaction as a potential kite.
   • He used a kite to temporarily inflate his account balance.

   🇩🇪Betrügerischer Scheck

   Synonyme: bad checkdud

• kites plural form
• kites' possessive plural form
• kite's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to fly or cause to fly like a kite, or to move swiftly and lightly.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, wie ein Drachen zu fliegen oder fliegen zu lassen, oder sich schnell und leicht zu bewegen.

1. Fraudulently increase a check amount C1 formal legal

   To illegally raise the amount written on a check, often by altering the figures.

   • He was caught trying to kite a check for thousands of dollars.
   • The accountant kited checks to embezzle company funds.
   • They used sophisticated software to kite the check amounts without detection.

   🇩🇪Scheckbetrug begehen

   Synonyme: doctorfalsifyforgeinflateraise

2. Obtain credit using a bad check C1 formal legal

   To get money or credit by writing a check that will bounce due to insufficient funds.

   • The suspect kited checks across multiple banks for quick cash.
   • She was charged with kiting checks after passing several bad checks.
   • Kiting checks is a common form of check fraud.

   🇩🇪Scheckbetrug begehen

3. Soar or glide like a kite B2 informal

   To move through the air gracefully, similar to a kite's flight.

   • The eagle kited effortlessly on the thermal currents.
   • He watched the hawk kite in the sky, barely flapping its wings.
   • The paper airplane kited across the room before landing.

   🇩🇪Wie ein Drachen schweben

   Synonyme: driftfloatflyglidehoversailsoar

4. Fly a kite A2 informal

   To fly a kite in the air, usually for recreation.

   • We spent the afternoon kiting at the beach.
   • The children love to kite their colorful kites in the park.
   • He taught his daughter how to kite on a windy day.

   🇩🇪Drachen steigen lassen

• kited past participle
• kited past simple
• kiting present participle
• kites third person singular