cartoon
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /kɑɹˈtuːn/
  • (RP) IPA: /kɑːˈtuːn/
Noun

cartoon (plural cartoons)

  1. (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
  2. (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
  3. (arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.
  4. (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
    • 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.
  5. A diagram in a scientific concept.
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cartoon (cartoons, present participle cartooning; past and past participle cartooned)

  1. (arts, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
  2. (arts) To make a preliminary sketch.



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