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Definition of kite noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kite

noun
 
/kaɪt/
 
/kaɪt/
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  1. a toy made of a light frame covered with paper, cloth, etc., that you fly in the air at the end of one or more long strings
    • to fly a kite
    • the joys of kite flying
    see also box kiteTopics Games and toysb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + kite
    • fly
    kite + noun
    • flying
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  2. a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the hawk familyTopics Birdsc2
  3. Word OriginOld English cȳta (as a noun in sense (2)); probably of imitative origin and related to German Kauz ‘screech owl’. The toy was so named because it hovers in the air like the bird.
Idioms
fly a kite
  1. (informal) to test out public opinion on a subject
    • The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest.
go fly a/your kite
  1. (North American English, informal) used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering
high as a kite
  1. (informal) behaving in a very excited way, especially because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs
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