English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
kited — mod. alcohol intoxicated. (From high as a kite.) □ Tracy was too kited to see her hand in front of her. □ Both guys were kited by midnight … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Kite types — Colorful delta wing kite Kites are tethered flying objects which fly by using aerodynamic lift, requiring wind, (or towing), for generation of airflow over the lifting surfaces. Contents 1 Kite … Wikipedia
Kite control systems — Kite types, kite mooring, and kite applications result in a wide variety of kite control systems; contemporary manufacturers, kite athletes, kite pilots, scientists, and engineers are expanding kite control systems. Single line kite control… … Wikipedia
Man-lifting kite — Roald Amundsen, the polar explorer, is lifted from the ground using a man lifting kite during tests in 1909. Man lifter War Kite designed by … Wikipedia
Tubing (recreation) — Tubing, also known as inner tubing or even toobing, is a recreational activity of riding an inner tube, either on water, snow, or through the air. The tubes themselves are also known as donuts or biscuits because of their… … Wikipedia
kite — ▪ I. kite kite 1 [kaɪt] noun fly a kite to make a suggestion, often an unusual one, to find out what people think of it: • He used his speech to fly a policy kite. [m0] ▪ II. kite kite 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] … Financial and business terms
kite — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German kūze owl Date: before 12th century 1. any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail 2. a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kiting (MMORPG term) — Kiting is a term encountered in MMORPGs such as EverQuest , The Lord of the Rings Online or World of Warcraft referring to a popular method of killing mobs (monsters) by staying at a distance, using ranged attacks, and running whenever the enemy… … Wikipedia
Rotary-wing hang glider — When a helicopter or gyrocopter is in engine off deliberately or inadvertently, then a sector of flight occurs that is autorotation hang gliding. When human powered helicopter flights experience the pilot in rest mode, then a hang gliding flight… … Wikipedia
Kite line — Kites have a wing and a kite line (line), or sometimes more than one line. Kite systems may have more than one kite and more than one kite line. Solar kites have a gravity mass less line; but the most common type of kite line has mass; the kite… … Wikipedia
