About The Word Cartoon

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Cartoon

Cartoon Meaning & Definition
Cartoon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cartoon?

[n] a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
[n] a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
[v] draw cartoons of

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cartoon: animated cartoon | sketch

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cartoon: 3-D | animated cartoon | black and white | black-and-white film | blueprint | brouillon | caricature | charcoal | charcoal drawing | chart | chiaroscuro | chiller | cinema | Cinemascope | Cinerama | color film | comic book | comic strip | comics | copy | crayon | creepie | delineation | design | diagram | documentary | documentary film | doodle | draft | drawing | ebauche | educational film | elevation | esquisse | feature | figure | film | flick | flicker | funnies | graph | ground plan | horror picture | horse opera | house plan | ichnography | line drawing | motion picture | motion-picture show | movie | moving picture | newsreel | nudie | outline | pastel | pattern | pen-and-ink | pencil drawing | photodrama | photoplay | picture | picture show | plot | pornographic film | preview | profile | projection | rough | rough copy | rough draft | rough outline | short | silent | silent film | silhouette | silver-print drawing | sinopia | skeleton | sketch | skin flick | sneak preview | spaghetti Western | study | table | talkie | talking picture | Technicolor | thriller | tracing | trailer | underground film | vignette | Western | working drawing

See Also | cartoon strip | comic strip | draw | humor | humour | publication | short subject | strip | wit | witticism | wittiness

Cartoon In Webster's Dictionary

\Car*toon"\, n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st {card}.] 1. 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; as, the cartoons of Raphael. 2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of ``Puck.''

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