toon
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈtün 
variants or 'toon
plural toons or 'toons
: cartoon: such as
a
: comic strip
… launched the 'toon in 1930, with Dagwood as a lazy rich playboy and flapper Blondie as one of his many girlfriends.
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Mike Peters b
: animated cartoon
… its most recent live-action adaptation of one of its classic toons, earned a tidy $69 million in its first weekend in theaters, good enough for first place. Mike Scott
Mike Scott also : a character in an animated cartoon
… it's surprisingly easy for the reader too to accept Gary Wolf's wacky universe, where humans interact with 'toons. The New York Times
The New York Times … witty new catchphrases for the endearingly wiseass little toon Bart Simpson … Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly toon
2 of 2noun (2)
ˈtün
: a southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata synonym Cedrela toona) of the mahogany family with aromatic dark red to reddish-brown wood
also : its wood
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
by shortening
Noun (2)
Hindi & Urdu tūn, from Sanskrit tunna
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1932, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1810, in the meaning defined above