n.
     - a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 
▸Brit. informal, dated an aircraft.
 - a long-winged bird of prey with a forked tail, which frequently soars on updraughts of air. 
[Milvus milvus (red kite) and other species.]
 - Geometry  a quadrilateral figure having two pairs of equal adjacent sides, symmetrical only about one diagonal.
 - informal a fraudulent cheque, bill, or receipt. 
▸an illicit or surreptitious letter.
 ▸archaic a dishonest person.
 - Sailing,  informal a spinnaker.
 
v.
  - 
[usu. as noun kiting]
 fly a kite. 
▸fly; move quickly.
 - N. Amer. informal write or use (a fraudulent cheque, bill, or receipt).
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - 
(as)
 high as a kite
 informal intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. 
    
   
  Etymology
  OE cȳta (in sense 2); prob. of imitative origin.