zeugma

Noun

use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect

hypernym

figure figure of speech image trope
hyponym

syllepsis

zeugma vs figure zeugma vs figure of speech zeugma vs image zeugma vs syllepsis zeugma vs trope

Other words that start with: “Z”, “ZE”, “ZEU”, “ZEUG” or end with: “A”, “MA”, “GMA”, “UGMA”.

Other nouns that start with: “Z”, “ZE”, “ZEU”, “ZEUG” or end with: “A”, “MA”, “GMA”, “UGMA”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “ZEUGMA”.

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