kite
noun
/kaɪt/
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- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
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[[фалши́в]] чек
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- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
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ка́ня
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- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
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катера́ч
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- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- (sailing, dated) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.
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хвърчи́ло,
хвърчило
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kite
verb
/kaɪt/
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- (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.
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извисявам
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