kite
noun /kaɪt/
/kaɪt/
Idioms - 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 strings
enlarge image- to fly a kite
- John wants to fly his new stunt kite.
- the joys of kite flying
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + kite- fly
- flying
- a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the hawk familyTopics Birdsc2
Word OriginOld English cȳta (as a noun in sense (2)); probably of imitative origin and related to German Kauz ‘screech owl’. The toy was so named because it hovers in the air like the bird.
Idioms
fly a kite
- (informal) to test out public opinion on a subject
- The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest.
go fly a/your kite
- (North American English, informal) used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering
high as a kite
- (informal) behaving in a very excited way, especially because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs