Usually means: Adjusting or creating without planning.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 23 dictionaries that define the word on the fly:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the fly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. on the fly: Merriam-Webster
  3. on the fly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. on the fly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. on the fly: Vocabulary.com
  6. on the fly: Wordnik
  7. on-the-fly, on the fly: Wiktionary
  8. On the fly, on the fly: Dictionary.com
  9. On the Fly (album), On the Fly, On the fly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. on the fly: Rhymezone
  11. on the fly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. on the fly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. on the fly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. on-the-fly, on the fly: Netlingo
  2. On-the-Fly, on the fly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the fly: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the fly: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the fly: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (on the fly)

adverb:  (baseball, of the ball) While in the air, without having touched the ground.
adverb:  (idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.
adverb:  (slang) On the move.

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