Associations to the word «Zeugma»

ZEUGMA, noun. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.

ZEUGMA, noun. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.

ZEUGMA, noun. Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma".