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Cartoon

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Noun

1. cartoon, sketch

a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

2. animated cartoon, cartoon, toon

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

Verb

3. cartoon

draw cartoons of

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cartoon

see synonyms of cartoon
noun
1. 
a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event
2. Also called: comic strip
a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a comic or adventurous situation
3.  animated cartoon
4. 
a full-size preparatory sketch for a fresco, tapestry, mosaic, etc, from which the final work is traced or copied

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Cartoon

see synonyms of cartoon
noun
1. 
a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often satirically, some event, situation, or person of topical interest
2. 
a full-size preliminary sketch of a design or picture to be copied in a fresco, tapestry, etc.
3. 
a. 
a humorous drawing, often with a caption
b.  US
comic strip
4.  US
animated cartoon
verb transitive US
5. 
to draw a cartoon of
verb intransitive US
6. 
to draw cartoons

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Cartoon

see synonyms of cartoon
n.
1.
a. A drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption.
b. A drawing representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically: a political cartoon.
2. A preliminary sketch similar in size to the work, such as a fresco, that is to be copied from it.
3.
a. A usually short, animated movie or television program.
b. An animated character in a movie or television program.
4. A comic strip.
5. A ridiculously oversimplified or stereotypical representation: criticized the actor's portrayal of Jefferson as a historically inaccurate cartoon.
v. car·tooned, car·toon·ing, car·toons
v.tr.
To draw a humorous or satirical representation of; caricature.
v.intr.
To make humorous or satirical drawings.

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