noun

• a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
• plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
• any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

verb

• increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
  "He kited many checks"
• get credit or money by using a bad check
  "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
• soar or fly like a kite
  "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
• fly a kite
  "Kids were kiting in the park"