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car·toon (kär to̵̅o̅n′)

noun

  1. a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often satirically, some event, situation, or person of topical interest
  2. a full-size preliminary sketch of a design or picture to be copied in a fresco, tapestry, etc.
    1. a humorous drawing, often with a caption
    2. ☆ comic strip
  4. ☆ animated cartoon

Etymology: Fr carton < It cartone, both in cartoonsense : see carton

transitive verb

to draw a cartoon of

intransitive verb

to draw cartoons

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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