Crossword clues for kiting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kiteflying \Kite"fly`ing\, n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
Wiktionary
n. (cx banking English) The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears. vb. (present participle of kite English)
Wikipedia
Kiting may refer to:
- Kiting on gossamer ("ballooning"), by which some spiders and mites disperse.
- Flying a kite
- Check kiting, a form of banking fraud
- Domain kiting
- Kitesurfing, a water sport
Usage examples of "kiting".
We're going out of here, going to come kiting blind into whatever you set up over at Meetpoint, and Kesurinan's going in there on my directions.
Geran came kiting in and out again with two cups of soup, gods only hope she got one into her own stomach on the way topside.
And what might he have told to Rhif Ehrran to send her kiting out of there with a message for homeworld?
We’re going out of here, going to come kiting blind into whatever you set up over at Meetpoint, and Kesurinan’s going in there on my directions.
The bird flew off at their approach, kiting away on the cool, ocean breeze.
Above these, in a layer of cloud, Alaire saw the vague shape of a wingrat kiting in behind them.
He'd made up his mind to forsake burglaries, car thefts and other property offenses in favor of forgeries, check kiting and other so-called paper crimes, for which judges seldom dispensed state prison time.
Bode Gazzer's fondness for stolen credit cards was evident from the double-digit entry on his rap sheet, which also included nine convictions for check kiting, five for welfare fraud, four for stealing electricity, three for looting lobster traps and two for willful destruction of private property (a parking meter and an ATM machine).
Instead, she and half of the elders went kiting off after precious little Keman, and in the process of helping protect him and his pets, revealed the existence of dragons to the very creatures they had been trying to avoid for centuries!
Shana followed his gaze, catching sight of a dragon—in full, impressive draconic form—and his halfblood rider, kiting up the slope of the hill below where they sat, riding a rising thermal just above tree-top level.