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

kite

noun
kite pronunciation English kaɪt kite pronunciation American kaɪt
 
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 stringsto fly a kite2 a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the hawk family
Idioms
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fly a kite at fly verb
, high as a kite at high adjective