Zeugma

Definition of zeugma:

part of speech: noun

A figure in grammar in which two nouns are joined to a verb suitable to only one of them, but suggesting another verb suitable to the other noun; or in which an adjective is similarly used with two nouns.

part of speech: noun

A figure in grammar by which a verb or adjective agreeing with one noun is made to refer also to another.

Usage examples for zeugma:

• Ignatius, calling out in the Roman language to the watch upon the walls, and making them hear, told them to tell Coponius, the commander, that there had been a great battle between Crassus and the Parthians; and, without saying more or who he was, he rode off to the Zeugma and saved all his men; but he got a bad name for deserting his general. "Plutarch's Lives Volume III.", Plutarch.