Толковый словарь английского языка - kite
Kite
kite
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German kūze owl Date: before 12th century any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail, a person who preys on others, a light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string, a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing, a light sail used in a light breeze usually in addition to the regular working sails, ~like adjective II. verb (~d; kiting) Date: 1839 transitive verb to use (a bad check) to get credit or money, to cause to soar , intransitive verb 1. to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner, to rise rapidly ; soar , to get money or credit by a ~, ~r noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 a toy consisting of a light framework with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2 any of various soaring birds of prey esp. of the genus Milvus with long wings and usu. a forked tail. 3 Brit. sl. an aeroplane. 4 sl. a fraudulent cheque, bill, or receipt. 5 Geom. a quadrilateral figure symmetrical about one diagonal. 6 sl. a letter or note, esp. one that is illicit or surreptitious. 7 (in pl.) the highest sail of a ship, set only in a light wind. 8 archaic a dishonest person, a sharper. --v. 1 intr. soar like a kite. 2 tr. (also absol.) originate or pass (fraudulent cheques, bills, or receipts). 3 tr. (also absol.) raise (money by dishonest means) (kite a loan). Phrases and idioms kite balloon a sausage-shaped captive balloon for military observations. kite-flying fraudulent practice. Etymology: OE cyta, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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