A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole, or vice versa, as in "Washington WINS!!!"
It should be made clear that "Washington" in this regard is a synecdoche for "Wahington Capitals Lacross Team".
by talk2me-JCH2 June 16, 2021
Get the synecdochemug. a stuffy college professor word that describes when you use part of an object to refer to the whole object. If you call you gun a "nine," or refer to a guy who is mean as a "dick," thats synecodche. Like most college professor words, it is originally greek, transferred into Latin and then imported into english.
"Man I can't go out tonight. I got no wheels"
(since he says "wheels" but means "car," this is synecdoche.)
(since he says "wheels" but means "car," this is synecdoche.)
by cosmo July 20, 2004
Get the synecdochemug.