[kʌɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string

- a medium to large long-winged bird of prey which typically has a forked tail and frequently soars on updraughts of air

- a fraudulent cheque, bill, or receipt

- a quadrilateral figure having two pairs of equal adjacent sides, symmetrical only about one diagonal


Phrases:
- as high as a kite

Origin:
Old English cȳta (in kite); 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

[kʌɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fly a kite
(e.g: while I kited, she would always watch out for me)

- write or use (a cheque, bill, or receipt) fraudulently


Phrases:
- as high as a kite

Origin:
Old English cȳta (in kite); 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