kaɪt kaɪt any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals fly a kite Kids were kiting in the park They kited the Red Dragon model soar or fly like a kite The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains get credit or money by using a bad check The businessman kited millions of dollars increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently He kited many checks plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value