CARTOON

cartoon, animated cartoon, toon

(noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

cartoon, sketch

(noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

cartoon

(verb) draw cartoons of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cartoon (plural cartoons)

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

(comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.

(arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.

(animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

A diagram in a scientific concept.

Synonyms

• (humorous drawing or strip): comic strip, strip cartoon

• (satire of public figures): caricature, political cartoon

Verb

cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)

(arts, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

(arts) To make a preliminary sketch.

Anagrams

• coranto

Source: Wiktionary


Car*toon", n. Etym: [F. carton (cf. It. cartons pasteboard, cartoon.); fr. L. charta. See 1st card.]

1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as , the cartoons of "Puck."

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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