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    [Noun]  | "kite" | \ ˈkīt \


    1: 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

    2: any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail

    3: a person who preys on others


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German kūze owl;

    [Noun]  | "box kite" 


    1: a tailless kite consisting of two or more open-ended connected boxes


    Origin: 1896 ;

    [Verb]  | "kite" 


    1: to use (a bad check) to get credit or money

    2: to cause to soar

    3: to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner


    Origin: 1839 ;

    [Noun]  | "kites" 


    1: a person who habitually preys upon others;


      * e.g., " ... characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  prey





    [Noun]  | "kite" 


    1: a person who habitually preys upon others;


      * e.g., " ... characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  prey





    [Verb]  | "kites" 


     [ "kites" ]

    1: A measurement of Wind

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude I heard the wind is supposed to be like 24 kites this weekend, is it gonna bring a storm swell?" 

     [ "Kiting" ]

    1: In an MMORPG, you can grab a mob's attention and keep walking away from it which pulls it along. Not unlike a kite

      * e.g.,  ... Some guys in WoW were kiting a high level boss character into Stromwind and got banned. 

     [ "kiting" ]

    1: Basicaly a hit-and-run technique commonly used in (but not limited to) MMORPG games (attacking monster then running, then attacking again.)

      * e.g.,  ... Game: Hey I just kited that monster. 

     [ "Kite" ]

    1:  (verb) A term in video gaming and elsewhere to describe when a ranged fighter skirmishes with a hand-to-hand fighter by running and shooting. This can have 2 purposes: a) to damage the enemy while staying outside of hand-to-hand range, or b) to make the enemy follow you so you can lead them to a specific location (noun) Mail or packages received in jail

      * e.g.,  ... If that samurai hits you once with his sword you are a dead man. Best to kite him: run away and throw rocks at him. 

     [ "kite" ]

    1: Correspondence received while incarcerated.

      * e.g.,  ... My cuz sent me a kite...told me to hold it down while I' m doin' my bid. 

     [ "kite" ]

    1: to drag along an enemy in a MMORPG by attacking it with ranged spells or weapons

      * e.g.,  ... Yo! Did you see how I kited that l337 mob? Didn't even touch me. 

     [ "Kited" ]

    1: To be totally high on drugs.

      * e.g.,  ... As in "I'm high as a kite" 

     [ "kite" ]

    1: A geordie term for a fat belly.

      * e.g.,  ... That kite is a waxer! 

     [ "Kited" ]

    1: To become, or the process of becoming, extremely high or inebriated.

      * e.g.,  ... I am so kited right now. Lets go get kited tonight. Real world slang example: Damn, I'm kited as fuck bro. 

     [ "kite" ]

    1: device used in certain weather to keep families entertained for hours.

      * e.g.,  ... Lets go fly a kite...and never leave the ground 

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