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cartoon
[ kahr-toon ]
noun
- a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Fine Arts. a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
adjective
- resembling a cartoon or caricature:
The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people.
verb (used with object)
- to represent by a cartoon.
verb (used without object)
- to draw cartoons.
cartoon
/ ɑːˈٳː /
noun
- a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event
- Also calledcomic 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
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǴDzԾ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٴǴDzi adjective
- ·ٴǴDzi noun
- ܲc·ٴǴDzԱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cartoon1
Example Sentences
Sometimes action scenes are juiced up with cartoonish doodles and sound effects; sometimes, the action is all cartoon.
The whoops were especially loud for editorial cartoons featuring Sanders and for screen grabs of headlines from across the country as his national profile rose.
In an Entertainment Weekly cover story — one year before the magazine’s “Moreau” chronicle — Kilmer said, “I’ve done an absurdly commercial cartoon, and now I’m more likely to get a job I couldn’t get before.”
Disney, best known for its cartoon classics and theme parks, made changes to its DEI policies earlier this year.
So there's pressure to perform gender in hyperbolic ways, to the point where they look like cartoon versions of "man" and "woman," instead of regular people.
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