Cartoon

Word CARTOON
Character 7
Hyphenation car toon
Pronunciations /kɑːˈtuːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Cartoon"

What do we mean by cartoon?

A drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption. noun

A drawing representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically. noun

A preliminary sketch similar in size to the work, such as a fresco, that is to be copied from it. noun

A usually short, animated movie or television program. noun

An animated character in a movie or television program. noun

A comic strip. noun

A ridiculously oversimplified or stereotypical representation. noun

To draw a humorous or satirical representation of; caricature. intransitive verb

To make humorous or satirical drawings. intransitive verb

In painting, to make a working design.

To caricature or ridicule by a cartoon; make the subject of a cartoon.

In art, a design of the same size as an intended decoration or pattern to be executed in fresco, mosaic, or tapestry, and transferred from the strong paper on which it is usually drawn either by cutting out the figure and outlining it on the surface to be decorated with a sharp point, or, in the case of a composition, by pricking, and pouncing with a bag of muslin filled with charcoal-dust. noun

A picture, either a caricature or a symbolical composition, designed to advocate or attack some political or other idea of present interest or some prominent person: as, the cartoons of “Punch.” noun

Sometimes written carton. noun

A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like. noun

A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature noun

Same as comic strip. noun

A motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a comic strip. noun

A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

A drawing satirising current public figures.

An artist's preliminary sketch.

An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

A diagram in a scientific concept.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cartoon

The word "cartoon" in example sentences

But the word cartoon didn't seem to apply to this movie, and I can't think of any word which does. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This cartoon is a savage satire of animation as it stood at the time and TV in general. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This cartoon is a result of a popular Hasbro toy line where your favorite Marvel characters are reimagined as children. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alluding visually to the Mona Lisa in a cartoon is a more obvious homage because that cartoon is not otherwise much like the Mona Lisa. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The article that accompanies the cartoon is a few thousand words long and makes it clear what it is saying. ❋ Jonathan (2008)

To fill the hour, the cartoon is accompanied by a behind-the-scenes special. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This cartoon is as-yet only a pilot ep floating around on the internets, but hopefully they'll come out with a full season sometime soon. ❋ Zhukora1 (2007)

The only thing better then the cartoon is the Leave it to Beaver advertisement that that goofy NC rethug has. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There's no question in my mind that a cartoon is a form of artistic expression which, like any such work -- fiction or non-fiction, written, drawn or dramatised -- falls into the protected category of "free speech" for our liberal, libertarian and libertine society. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

What you feel when you meet her in person is, she does seem like a much more substantial person than this kind of bubblehead, or what she calls a cartoon character, that she plays on "The Simple Life," and I think kind of has fostered over the years in the media. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sakai told the crowd that "cartoon" came from the Italian word "cartone" - pasteboard, a sketch of a planned drawing or painting done on heavy paper. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was underwhelmed by the first film — the cartoon is so much better done, IMO — that when I came across this at CostCo on Sunday I never remotely considered getting it for my boys. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And that new Wolverine & The X-Men cartoon is really, really bad at it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oddly, when Addams drew himself in cartoon form, he often drew a Fester-like character, even though he looked nothing like Fester in life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hell, even the cheesy Batman from the current Brave and the Bold cartoon is much closer to “my Batman” than most of the current incarnations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But perhaps no cartoon from the first season shows how different Mighty Mouse was from every other show on the air than “The Ice Goose Cometh”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And for the newspaper to back down for something as inoffensive of that cartoon is unbelievable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The option that turns a video clip into a cartoon is called "NewBlue Cartoonr Plus," found in the Edit tab under Effects at the bottom of a long, scrolling list of other options. ❋ Katherine Boehret (2010)

I too didnt know much about green lantern, aside from a few details, and some avengers clips in cartoon form. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I dont care if they are all done in cartoon they all look so cool and i am soo addicted to it now that i have read all the books and in the middle of read the second chapter of midnight sun .. love them all ❋ Unknown (2009)

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