| n. | 1. | |
| 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; | |
| 2. | A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; | |
| 3. | same as comic strip. | |
| 4. | 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 | 1. | cartoon - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine Synonyms: sketch |
| 2. | cartoon - a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequenceSynonyms: animated cartoon | |
| Verb | 1. | cartoon - draw cartoons of |
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