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(n): a written order directing a bank to pay money

(n): a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

(n): a written order directing a bank to pay money

(n): plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

(n): an artifact designed to be played with

(n): any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

(n): diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

(v): increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently

(v): make bigger or more

(v): get credit or money by using a bad check

(v): come into possession of

(v): soar or fly like a kite

(v): fly in or as if in a glider plane

(v): fly a kite

(v): cause to fly or float

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4 months ago John said:

In sailing, a nickname for a spinnaker.

6 months ago reesetee said:

Sionnach, that has to be one of the strangest sentences I've ever read. :-)

6 months ago VanishedOne said:

Paper, string and wood (the toy): 'A toy consisting of a light frame, usually of wood, with paper or other light thin material stretched upon it; mostly in the form of an isosceles triangle with a circular arc as base, or a quadrilateral symmetrical about the longer diagonal; constructed (usually with a tail of some kind for the purpose of balancing it) to be flown in a strong wind by means of a long string attached.' (OED)

6 months ago sionnach said:

If you ever find yourself attacked by kites in the wilderness, bear in mind that the antidote is pomegranates.

7 months ago chained_bear said:

And nowhere is there the definition of an amusing flying device made of paper, string, and wood? Sheesh.

7 months ago VanishedOne said:

The OED gives the bird first, with the toy first cited with a 1664 quotation; 'a blank cheque or a cheque drawn on insufficient funds or forged from a stolen cheque-book' is dated from the late 1920s.

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