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cartoon

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As a noun, cartoon means a humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. As a verb, it means draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

Meanings of cartoon

10 meanings

noun

  1. comicsA humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

  2. comicsA drawing satirising current public figures.

  3. artsAn artist's preliminary sketch.

  4. artsA full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.

  5. animationAn animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

  6. A diagram in a scientific concept.

  7. A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

    Similar: sketch
  8. A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

    Similar: animated cartoon, toon

verb

  1. artscomicsanimationTo draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

  2. artsTo make a preliminary sketch.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper …
noun: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings…
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