kite

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kite definition


  1. n.
    a drug user who is always high. (Drugs.) : The guy's a kite. He won't make any sense no matter what you ask him.
  2. tv.
    to write worthless checks; to raise the amount on a check. (Underworld. See also fly kites.) : Chuck made a fortune kiting checks.
  3. n.
    a worthless check. (Underworld.) : He finally wrote one kite too many, and they nabbed him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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kite

see go fly a kite; high as a kite.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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