kiteflying

[kahyt-flahy-ing]

noun

1. an act or instance of flying a kite.

2. the sport or hobby of flying kites.

Other Word Forms

• kiteflier noun
• kiteflyer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiteflying¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; kite + flying

Example Sentences

Washington's Park Police, however, recently have grown almost neurotically literalminded about kites ever since an underground newspaper asked for a permit to stage a kiteflying contest.

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The Smithsonian Institution was then denied a permit to hold its annual kiteflying carnival on the spacious Mall between the Capitol and Washington Monument.

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One sergeant leading a miscreant away was heard to bark: "The charge is kiteflying."

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The earth that has been carrying war around the sun has carried as well the work and the relaxations, the moviegoing, horse racing, kiteflying, card-playing, visiting, talking, worshiping life of man.

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But there was one sport that he liked as well as his companions; that was kiteflying.

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