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noun | verb kitekite1 /kaɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYkite1Origin: Old English cyta 1 a toy that you fly in the air on the end of a long string, made from a light frame covered in paper or plastic2a type of hawk (=bird that eats small animals)3informal an illegal check that someone writes dishonestly to obtain money4math, geometry a geometric shape with four sides of two different lengths. The pairs of sides of the same length are next to each other, and the sides opposite each other are of different lengths. → see also fly1 (19), fly1 (20) noun | verb kitekite2 verb [intransitive, transitive] informal VERB TABLEkite |
Present | I, you, we, they | kite | | he, she, it | kites | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | kited | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have kited | | he, she, it | has kited | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had kited | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will kite | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have kited |
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Present | I | am kiting | | he, she, it | is kiting | | you, we, they | are kiting | Past | I, he, she, it | was kiting | | you, we, they | were kiting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been kiting | | he, she, it | has been kiting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been kiting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be kiting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been kiting |
to obtain money using an illegal check → see also check-kiting |