Found 2 items, similar to zeugma.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: zeugma zeugma n : 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"
English → English (gcide) Definition: Zeugma Zeugma \Zeug"ma\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, join. See Yoke.] (Gram.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, “hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;” where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma. [1913 Webster]