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kite

Definition

  • noun: a toy that is made of a light frame covered with cloth, paper, or plastic and that is flown in the air at the end of a long string
  • noun: any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail
  • verb: to use (a bad check) to get credit or money
  • synonyms: hawk, milvine, elanet

Examples

  • When I asked her what was wrong, she told me to 'go fly a kite'.

  • The driver was 'as high as a kite'.

  • The children were flying 'kites'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) civil rights had been violated. Everybody lost sight of Rodney King himself. The guy's a multiple felon by his own admission. He's high as a goddamn kite, driving miles an hour down the highway. He gets pulled over by a bunch of cops, and he attacks them. He attacked police officers. (..)
    1998 American History X