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car⋅toon
[kahr-toon] 
–noun
| 1. | a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest. |
| 2. | comic strip. |
| 3. | animated cartoon. |
| 4. | 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
| 5. | resembling a cartoon or caricature: The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to represent by a cartoon. |
–verb (used without object)
| 7. | to draw cartoons. |
Origin:
1665–75; < It cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equiv. to cart(a) paper (see carte ) + -one aug. suffix
1665–75; < It cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equiv. to cart(a) paper (see carte ) + -one aug. suffix
Related forms:
car⋅toon⋅ish, adjective
car⋅toon⋅ist, noun
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| car·toon (kär-tōōn') n.
v. tr. To draw a humorous or satirical representation of; caricature. v. intr. To make humorous or satirical drawings. [French carton, drawing, from Italian cartone, pasteboard; see carton.] car·toon'ish, car·toon'y adj., car·toon'ist n. |
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