plural cartoons
1
: a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco)
2
a
: a drawing intended as satire, caricature, or humor
a political cartoon
a cartoon drawing
b
: a group of drawings in narrative sequence : comic strip
3
: a video (such as a television show or movie) that is made from a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of inanimate objects (such as puppets) and that simulates movement by slight progressive changes in each frame : animated cartoon
4
: a ludicrously simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version
The film's villain is an entertaining cartoon.
cartoon
verb
cartoonishly
adverb
Examples of cartoon in a Sentence
She enjoys reading the cartoons in the Sunday paper.
The kids are watching cartoons.
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—Yii-Jan Lin, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Suddenly, the cartoon lightbulb above his head began glowing at 1,000 watts.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Continue reading … Click here for more cartoons… MEDIA
‘FALSE CLAIMS OF UNITY’ – Hollywood A-lister slammed for participating in Harris-Walz ad targeting Trump voters’ wives.
—Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
In political cartoons from the turn of the 20th century, Eastern European and Jewish immigrants were depicted as rats, while Chinese immigrants were portrayed as a horde of grasshoppers – echoing imagery from Revelation, where locusts with human faces swarm the Earth.
—Yii-Jan Lin, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cartoon. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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cartoon
noun
car·toon
kär-ˈtün 
1
: a design, drawing, or painting made as a model for the finished work
2
a
: a drawing intended as a humorous comment on public affairs
b
3
Etymology
from Italian cartone "pasteboard, a sketch of a planned drawing or painting done on heavy paper," from carta "sheet of paper," from Latin charta "piece of papyrus" — related to card entry 3, carton
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