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
