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🪁 A flying toy 🦅 A bird of prey 💸 A fake check 🦅 To glide in air 💸 To cheat with checks 🪁 To fly a toy
kite

kite

6 9.9
A bank check written to get money illegally
  • noun
  • /kaɪt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : cheque falso
  • He is facing charges for using a kite to withdraw money he didn't have in his account.

And then they'd pay us ready, they'd go to the bank, they'd give us a fucking cheque, a kite.

Examples

  • There may be charges, your kite will be confiscated until your case is heard.

    The Man from Hong Kong (1975)

  • The shopkeeper reported that someone tried to cash a kite that had insufficient funds.

  • The fraud investigation revealed that multiple kites were passed at various locations.

Idioms

high as a kite
  • NSFW
10 9.0

A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs

Compounds

flying kite
1 1.6

To make a kite fly in the air for fun outdoors

box kite
1 4.6

A kite with a box shape open at both ends

black kite
7.7

A medium-sized bird of prey with dark feathers that often eats dead animals

kite balloon
  • Archaic
9.6

A balloon with a tail that keeps it facing the wind

kite tail
2.1

A strip attached to the end of a kite to keep it steady in the air

hell-kite
  • Offensive
9.9

A fierce, violent person who fights without mercy

swallow-tailed kite
  • US
8.8

A bird of prey with a long forked tail and black and white feathers

sport kite
5.8

A kite you fly with two lines and both hands to make quick turns

stunt kite
5.2

A kite controlled by two lines that does tricks in the air

white-tailed kite
  • US
8.2

A grey and white bird that hunts small animals in warm parts of the Americas

Surface Forms

kite singular
kites plural

Etymology

Kite for a bad bank check is not certain in origin, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of the bird kite that 'steals' scraps; a 'kite' check takes money in a dishonest way.