kite

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noun written communication

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Word Origin & History

bird of prey (Milvus ictinus), Old English cyta "kind of hawk," probably imitative of its cries (cf. ciegan "to call," German Kauz "screech owl"). The toy kite first so-called 1660s, from its way of hovering in the air like a bird. The dismissive invitation to go fly a kite is attested by 1942, American English, probably tracing to the popular song of the same name (lyrics by Johnny Burke), sung by Bing Crosby in "The Star Maker" (1939):

Example Sentences for kite

I had never seen a kite, except far away in the sky: I took it for a bird.

No kite ever pursued its quarry with a keener eye than we did.

Great was Maui's surprise and consternation when he found his kite gone.

If you could carry the money-box, and him could carry you, then it would be kite easy.

We could not fly the kite except with the motion and direction of the boat.

Captain Dan got a kite up a little better than I had hoped for.

We got a bait on and the kite out just in time to reach the first and larger school.

The kite fluttered like a bird with broken wings and dropped.

Dinah said that she had been hoverin' like a kite on the left flank av the column.

And this time Mary Jane dried her hands and picked up the kite.

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