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cartoon

[ 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. 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

  1. resembling a cartoon or caricature:

    The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people.

verb (used with object)

  1. to represent by a cartoon.

verb (used without object)

  1. to draw cartoons.

cartoon

/ ɑːˈٳː /

noun

  1. a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event
  2. Also calledcomic strip a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a comic or adventurous situation
  3. a full-size preparatory sketch for a fresco, tapestry, mosaic, etc, from which the final work is traced or copied
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cartoon1

First recorded in 1665–75; from Italian cartone “pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper,” equivalent to cart(a) “paper” ( carte ) + -one augmentative suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cartoon1

C17: from Italian cartone pasteboard, sketch on stiff paper; see carton
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Sometimes action scenes are juiced up with cartoonish doodles and sound effects; sometimes, the action is all cartoon.

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The whoops were especially loud for editorial cartoons featuring Sanders and for screen grabs of headlines from across the country as his national profile rose.

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In an Entertainment Weekly cover story — one year before the magazine’s “Moreau” chronicle — Kilmer said, “I’ve done an absurdly commercial cartoon, and now I’m more likely to get a job I couldn’t get before.”

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Disney, best known for its cartoon classics and theme parks, made changes to its DEI policies earlier this year.

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So there's pressure to perform gender in hyperbolic ways, to the point where they look like cartoon versions of "man" and "woman," instead of regular people.

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