verb
- past tense of kite: to fly a kite in the air
- past tense of kite: to write a bad check or use fraudulent financial instruments
Usage: informal; financial
Examples
- The children kited their colorful dragon kite at the beach.
- We kited for hours in the strong wind yesterday.
- He was arrested after he kited several checks at different banks.
- The company kited checks to cover their cash flow problems.
- She kited her paper airplane across the classroom.
- The fraudster kited money between accounts to hide the theft.