English Dictionary

kite

IPA（発音記号）

/kaɪt/

動詞

他動詞 俗語 自動詞 稀用 アメリカ英語 広義 比喩的用法

(transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.

日本語の意味

（おもちゃの凧のように）物体を急激に上昇させる / （主に米国において比喩的に）費用などを急激に上昇させる

He kited the banner high above the stadium to grab attention.

彼は注目を集めるためにバナーを凧のように勢いよく舞い上げた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.

Rising interest rates have kited the cost of housing.

意味（2）

(transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.

A pharmacist kited and shorted a significant percentage of prescriptions. Kiting refers to the pharmacist's forging upward the number of pills originally prescribed by the physician, charging Medicaid for the increased amount but providing the patient with the originally prescribed quantity.

意味（3）

(transitive, video games) To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.

If you're pulling or kiting a creature and it aggros an innocent passer-by, it's your fault and you should apologize.

意味（4）

(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).

The wind kited us toward shore.

意味（5）

(transitive, intransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.

Want to go kite with me this weekend?

意味（6）

(transitive, intransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.

He was convicted of kiting checks and sentenced to two years in prison.

意味（7）

(transitive, intransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.

Andy also kept a box of that [steel wool] in his cell, although he didn't get it from me—I imagine he kited it from the prison laundry.

意味（8）

(intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.

We spent the afternoon kiting around the bay.

意味（9）

(intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.

They commenced whipping their horses at the base, and, as one of the prisoners expressed it, they went kiting up the hill, and for nearly a mile after the summit had been gained.

意味（10）

(intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.

This column action causes the tow line to kite either to the port or the starboard side, […]

意味（11）

(intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

Prison Hall in Central Hospital was claimed by some patients to be organized in the more extensive manner of prisons for the sane. Here, it was claimed, an attendant could be bribed to kite a letter or bring in contraband, […]

kites （ present singular third-person ）

kiting （ participle present ）

kited （ participle past ）

kited （ past ）