Cartoon Meaning and Definition


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Cartoon meaning

Word: Cartoon

How to pronounce: kɑːˈtuːn

Noun

Definitions:

1. A simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.

Example sentences: "The minister faced a welter of hostile headlines and mocking cartoons"

2. A motion picture using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects.

Example sentences: "We watched Yogi Bear cartoons on TV"

3. A full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting or other work of art.

Example sentences: "The tapestries are based on a set of cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo XI"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way.

Example sentences: "She has a face with enough character to be cartooned"


Synonyms:

animation

animation film

toon

comics

comic book

comic

caricature

travesty

parody

sketch

animated


Derivations:

cartooning

cartooned

cartoonist


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Cartoon in Other Languages...

Spanish: Caricatura

German: Cartoon

French: Animé

Italian: Cartoon

Turkish: Karikatür


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