zeugma

Noun
  1. Use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect (synset 107123492)
    "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
    is a type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    subtypes: syllepsis - use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

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