kite:Word of the Day

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kite (kīt)
 
Pronounced: click here

 
Function: noun [count]
 
Plural: kites
 
Meanings:
1 : a toy that is made of a light frame covered with cloth, paper, or plastic and that is flown in the air at the end of a long string
Example:
<The children were flying kites.>
 
2 : a type of hawk that has long, narrow wings
 
Idiom:
as high as a kite
Status: informal
Meaning:
: greatly affected by alcohol or drugs : very drunk or intoxicated
Example:
<The driver was as high as a kite.>
 
Idiom:
go fly a kite
Status: US, informal & old-fashioned
Meaning:
Go fly a kite is used to tell someone who is bothering you to go away.
Example:
<When I asked her what was wrong, she told me to go fly a kite.>

   

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