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