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MIXED METAPHOR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mixed metaphor mean?

• MIXED METAPHOR (noun)
The noun MIXED METAPHOR has 1 sense:

1. a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

Familiarity information: MIXED METAPHOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MIXED METAPHOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mixed metaphor" is a kind of...):

metaphor (a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity)

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