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What does on the fly mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word on the fly? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. (baseball, of the ball) Without a bounce.
  2. (idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.
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Philadelphia, however, remained reluctant to change on the fly because the Flyers are successful forecheckers.
She's able to do a translation on the fly and read the email to you in seamless English.
Taking the best parts of electro, techno and disco, he composes on the fly and makes instantly catchy and melodic dance tracks.
I also caught trevally on the fly and a bunch of other species including queenfish and others which I can't name.
In fact so similar is this gene, that pieces of the mammalian gene, when spliced into a fruit fly, will cause a wing to appear on the fly.
I do not like how far I have to reach from the inside of the tent to the zip on the fly.

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