KESTRELS Synonyms

• diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

• an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

• a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• hunt with hawks

• clear mucus or food from one's throat

• a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

• a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

• plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

• any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

• increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently

• get credit or money by using a bad check

• soar or fly like a kite

• fly a kite

• The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).

• small North American falcon

• small North American falcon

• small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind

• small North American falcon

• small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa