anthimeria

(thing) by Rat_Droppings (7.6 y) Wed Apr 04 2001 at 7:03:49
A figure of speech in which a word from one part of speech is used as another.

Usually, a noun is used as a verb: "Let's whiteboard that thought," or Shakespeare's "I'll unhair thy head."

Nouns turned into verbs are more common in English: Shall we bus it downtown? Smoke a cigar? Verb that noun?

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