cartoons

Noun

cartoon (plural cartoons)

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

   Synonyms:

   comic strip, strip cartoon

2. A drawing satirising current public figures.
   • The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.

   Synonyms:

   caricature, political cartoon

3. An artist's preliminary sketch.
4. A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
5. (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
   • The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.

   Synonyms:

   animated cartoon, animation

6. (animation) A cartoon series.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
     The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV...

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