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   Car·toon

   /kärˈto͞on/

   

   noun

   • 1. a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine: "the minister faced a welter of hostile headlines and mocking cartoons" Similar caricatureparodylampoonsatiretravestydistorted/exaggerated drawingdistortioninformal:takeoffsendupspoofrare:pasquinade
   • ▪ a comic strip: "a Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz" Similar comic stripcartoon stripcomicgraphic novelmanga
   • ▪ a simplified or exaggerated version or interpretation of something: "the parents aren't the uncaring and cold cartoon villains that often litter these dramas"
   • 2. a motion picture using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects: "we watched Yogi Bear cartoons on TV" Similar animated filmanimated cartoonanimationanime
   • 3. a full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting or other work of art: "the tapestries are based on a set of cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo XI" Similar sketchroughpreliminary drawingoutlinedelineationtracingartist's impressiontechnical:wireframeunderdrawingmaquetteébaucheesquissecroquis

   verb

   • 1. make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way: "she has a face with enough character to be cartooned"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in cartoon (sense 3 of the noun)): from Italian cartone, from carta, from Latin carta, charta (see card1). cartoon (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cartoony adjective

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