cartoon
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[edit] Etymology
From Italian cartone, from Latin carta
[edit] Noun
A cartoon from the 13 December 1911 issue of the British satirical magazine Punch. It shows the Russian Bear sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, and represents a phase of The Great Game.
cartoon (plural cartoons)
- (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
- (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
- (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
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- (humorous drawing or strip): comic strip, strip cartoon
- (satire of public figures): caricature, political cartoon
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humorous drawing or strip
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satire of public figures
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artist's preliminary sketch
animated cartoon
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diagram in a scientific concept
[edit] Verb
cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)
- (art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon.