cartoon

[ kahr-toon ]

/ kɑrˈtun /

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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.

comic strip.

animated cartoon.

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.

Origin of cartoon

1665–75; < Italian cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equivalent to cart(a) paper (see carte) + -one augmentative suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM cartoon

car·toon·ish, adjective car·toon·ist, noun un·car·tooned, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cartoon

burlesque caricature cartoon parody satire (see synonym study at burlesque) (see synonym study at satire) carton cartoon

Words nearby cartoon

cartography, cartomancy, carton, carton-pierre, cartonnier, cartoon, cartoonish, cartop, cartophily, cartopper, cartouche

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The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.

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“My name is Alison Bechdel and I am a cartoonist,” she says with a little laugh at the beginning of her MacArthur video.

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The combination of talents that you need to be a daily cartoonist is weird.

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The young Syrian-Palestinian cartoonist extends a vital tradition—but one where reprisal can mean violence death.

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Syrian cartoonist Ali Farazat had both of his arms broken by regime thugs.

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The cartoonist scrambled down from his mount and led the old, stiff-jointed, sway-backed horse up to the door.

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It should be noted that the "kicked-out" idea is a favourite one with the cartoonist.

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Even in later years the cartoonist did not entirely refrain from this method of belittling Mr. Cleveland's capabilities.

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It is the cartoonist's conventional conception of the modern Captain of Industry.

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The cartoonist prepared a quiet supper for them and they remained overnight in the Nast home.

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British Dictionary definitions for cartoonist

cartoon

/ (kɑːˈtuːn) /

noun

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

Derived forms of cartoon

cartoonist, noun

Word Origin for cartoon

C17: from Italian cartone pasteboard, sketch on stiff paper; see carton

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