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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•toon /kɑrˈtun/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fine Arta drawing in a newspaper, magazine, etc., that comments amusingly on someone or some situation or carries some message:political cartoons.
- Fine Art comic strip.
- a television or motion-picture film in which the characters and background are pictures that are drawn:animated cartoons.
car•toon•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•toon (kär to̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n. - Fine Arta sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Fine ArtSee comic strip.
- Fine ArtSee animated cartoon.
- Fine Arta full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
adj. - Fine Artresembling a cartoon or caricature:The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people.
v.t. - Fine Artto represent by a cartoon.
v.i. - Fine Artto draw cartoons.
- Italian cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equivalent. to cart(a) paper (see carte) + -one augmentative suffix
- 1665–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cartoon /kɑːˈtuːn/ n - a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event
- Also called: comic strip a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a comic or adventurous situation
- See animated cartoon
- a full-size preparatory sketch for a fresco, tapestry, mosaic, etc, from which the final work is traced or copied
Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian cartone pasteboard, sketch on stiff paper; see cartoncarˈtoonist n |