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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| fly-by-night | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | unreliable or untrustworthy, esp in finance |
| 2. | brief; impermanent |
| —n | |
| 3. | an untrustworthy person, esp one who departs secretly or by night to avoid paying debts |
| 4. | a person who goes out at night to places of entertainment |
Shady or untrustworthy: “Before buying stock in a newly formed company, the prudent investor will check its owners' credentials to make sure it's not a fly-by-night operation.”
fly-by-night definition
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