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cartoon (iou)



cartoon noun & verb. [k¨»:'tu:n] L16.
[Italian cartone augm. of carta: see CARTEL, -OON.]
A. noun.
A full-size drawing made on stout paper as a design for a painting, tapestry, mosaic, etc. L16.
An illustrative drawing (orig. full-page or large) in a newspaper or magazine, esp. as a vehicle for political satire or humour; an amusing drawing with or without a caption; a sequence of these in a strip. M19.
strip cartoon: see STRIP noun1 3b.
b. A film made by animating a series of drawings. E20.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Draw a cartoon or cartoons. Chiefly as cartooning verbal noun. M19.
verb trans. Represent in a cartoon; caricature in a cartoon. L19.
cartoonery noun cartoons collectively; the making of cartoons: M19.
cartoonish adjective resembling (the style of) a cartoon (sense 2); showing simplification or exaggeration of some features: L20.
cartoonishly adverb L20.
cartoonishness noun L20.
cartoonist noun a person who draws cartoons L19.
cartoony adjective = cartoonish L20.