Toon

Quick meaning: Toon is a noun meaning (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

Meaning

(informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

More Meanings

1. (informal, video games) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
2. (informal) An animated cartoon character.
3. The wood of this tree.
4. (Scotland, Northumbria) A town.
5. Eye dialect spelling of tune.
6. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

Example Sentences

Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated.

Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?

Sic changes owre oor toon hae passed Since Mungo placed thee there — A wee bit slender fragile stem, That needed watchfu' care.

After 7 years, all paint combinations except the self-primed latex are showing some failure on all species of wood except Australian toon.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for toon

Depending on context, synonyms include tone, toona, toonwood.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cartoon, caricature, ton, tun, tunas, funny.

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