Kited vs Kitted - What's the difference?

kited | kitted |

As verbs the difference between kited and kitted

is that kited is past tense of kite while kitted is past tense of kit.

kited

English

Verb

(head)

(kite)

kite

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups:

# Any bird of subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.

# A bird of genus Elanus , having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering. Also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.

A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.

* {{quote-news, 1906, September 12, , Water Kites, Fairbanks Evening News, page=2 citation

, passage=The purpose of the water kite is to float beneath or beside the ship at a depth sufficient to insure safety.}}

(label) A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.

(label) A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.

* {{quote-news, 1991, May 21, Alex Barnum, Suspect Named in Kiting Case, San Jose Mercury News citation

, passage= But she said, "if this was a kite , he didn't realize that you don't have the float time of the old days," which made check-kiting easier. }}

(label) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

* {{quote-book, 2002, Erin Sullivan, Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, page=144-145 citation

, passage=Frequently a kite formation is created by one of the planets in the trine by its opposition to another planet, which allows expulsion and redirection of the pent-up energy associated with a closed circuit.}}

(label) An aircraft, or aeroplane.

* {{quote-book, 2004, Harry Foxley, Marking Time: An Account Of Ordinary Soldiering, page=133 citation

, passage=This time, the engine roared and the kite rocked against the brakes then sluggishly rolled down the strip.}}

A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.

* {{quote-book, 1863, , 3= English Traits, page=33

, passage=Our good master keeps his kites up to the last moment, studding-sails alow and aloft, and, by incessant straight steering, never loses a rod of way.}}

A spinnaker.

A short letter.

(label) A rapacious person.

* Shakespeare

A fish, the brill.

Derived terms

{{der3, black kite , box kite , go fly a kite , high as a kite , kiteboarding , kite buggy , kite fishing , kite surfing , powerkite , stunt kite , yellow-billed kite}}

Verb

(kit)

To fly a kite.

To glide in the manner of a kite.

To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.

To toss or cast.

* {{quote-book, 1942, , Phantom Lady, page=189 citation

, passage=Lombard swung at the sweet pea he had dropped, caught it neatly with the toe of his shoe, and kited it upward with grim zest, as though doing that made him feel a lot better.}}

(label) To write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.

(label) To cause an increase, especially in costs.

(label) To keep ahead of (a pursuing monster or mob) in order to attack it repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.

* {{quote-book, 2001, Juanita Jones, Everquest Player's Guide: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, page=87 citation

, passage=If you're pulling or kiting a creature and it aggros an innocent passer-by, it's your fault and you should apologize.}}

To deflect sideways in the water.

* {{quote-us-patent, 1973, Clarence K. Chatten, Weather Resistant Segmented Fairing for a Tow Cable, 3899991 citation

, passage=This column action causes the tow line to kite either to the port or the starboard side,

To send a short letter.

* {{quote-book, 1966, Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women: A Study of a Women's Prison citation

, passage=I have been working like a dam mule this morning and just found time to kite you.}}

To steal.

* {{quote-book, 1994, , The Shawshank Redemption, page=36 citation

, passage= Andy also kept a box of that in his cell, although he didn't get it from me — I imagine he kited it from the prison laundry.}}

(label) To hunt with a hawk.

(Francis Bacon)

Derived terms

* check kiting * kiter

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Possibly from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)

The stomach; belly.

Etymology 3

Probably from Ancient Egyptian.

Noun

(kite)

(label) A weight-measure unit from Ancient Egypt, equivalent to 0.1 deben

Anagrams

* ----

kitted

English

Verb

(head)

(kit)

kit

English

(wikipedia kit)

Etymology 1

English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

(en noun)

A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.

A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.

* 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):

He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.

A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.

Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

Always carry a good first-aid kit .

A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.

I built the entire car from a kit .

(UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}

(UK, informal) Clothing.

Get your kit off and come to bed.

(computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.

drum kit

Derived terms

* airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit car

Verb

(kitt)

To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.

We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

Adjective

(-)

Something which came originally in kit form.

kit car

Etymology 2

A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").

Noun

(en noun)

kitten

kit fox

Etymology 3

16th century, perhaps from cithara

Noun

(en noun)

a kit violin

* Grew

A dancing master's kit .

* Charles Dickens, Bleak House

Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Etymology 4

(ca. 1880).

Noun

(en noun)

a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons

Anagrams

* * ----