Cartoon

/kɑːˈtuːn/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
2. (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
3. (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
4. (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
5. (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
6. (animation) A cartoon series.
7. A diagram in a scientific concept.
8. (art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

Example Sentences

The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.

The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.

12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

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Word Forms

• cartoons
• cartooning
• cartooned

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