amphibology

amphibology has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
• n.. an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes