Overview of noun fly-by-night

The noun fly-by-night has 1 sense

• fly-by-night -- (a debtor who flees to avoid paying)

Overview of adj fly-by-night

The adj fly-by-night has 2 senses

• fly-by-night, shady -- ((of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation")


• fly-by-night -- (ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture")