toons

Noun (1)

toon (plural toons)

1. (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
   • Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?2005, Sara Bell, The Magic in Your Touch, →ISBN, page 123
2. (informal) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
   • Proxemics are very important, however, as the positioning of an agent's toon in anon-combat grouping or in the environment can show place within a social group.2010, Ben Kei Daniel, Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities, →ISBN
3. (informal) An animated cartoon character.
   • In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans, often employing their skills to entertain as film stars.2025 June 25, Wikipedia contributors, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1297297649

Noun (2)

toon (countable and uncountable, plural toons)

1. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
   • Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated.1973, Gerald A. Walters, Herbert L. Wick, Coppicing to convert cull Australian toon, tropical ash to acceptable trees
2. The wood of this tree.
   • After 7 years, all paint combinations except the self-primed latex are showing some failure on all species of wood except Australian toon.1972, Roger G. Skolmen, Paintability of four woods in Hawaii, page 1

   Synonyms:

   toonwood

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