cartoon
Meaning of cartoon
noun
- a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.
the minister faced a welter of hostile headlines and mocking cartoons
- a film using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects.
we watched Yogi Bear cartoons on TV
cartoon characters
a cartoon show
- a full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting or other work of art.
the tapestries are based on a set of cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo XI
- make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way.
she has a face with enough character to be cartooned
late 16th century (in cartoon (sense 3 of the noun)): from Italian cartone, from carta, from Latin carta, charta (see card1). cartoon (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 19th century.
Information about cartoon
- The plural form of cartoon is: cartoons.
- Languages in which cartoon is used:
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Hyphenation of cartoon
car-toon
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- cartoon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cartoon synonyms
Meaning sketch:
Meaning animated cartoon:
Meaning a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect:
Meaning an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect:
Meaning a speech or text lampooning someone or something:
Meaning the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues:
Meaning a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something:
Meaning the action of distorting or the state of being distorted:
Meaning a humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect:
Meaning a satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered in a public place:
Meaning the state of being full of life or vigour; liveliness:
Meaning a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children:
Meaning a disreputable and violent person:
Meaning a line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram:
Meaning the action of describing or portraying something precisely:
Meaning a copy of a drawing, map, or design made by tracing:
Meaning a sketch made by a painter as a preliminary guide and subsequently covered with layers of paint:
Meaning a sculptor's small preliminary model or sketch:
Meaning a rough or preliminary sketch:
Meaning a rough draft; a sketch:
Translation of cartoon
- Italian: vignetta, caricatura
- German: Karikatur
- Spanish: viñeta, caricatura, historieta, cómic
- French: caricature
- Portuguese: vinheta, caricatura
Anagrams of cartoon
Words that rhyme with cartoon
Toon, toon, Arratoon, Saskatoon, ballatoon, batoon, ducatoon, frigatoon, huccatoon, platoon, pulpatoon, ratoon, saskatoon, octoon, Winnetoon, coquetoon, musketoon, musquetoon, pultoon, cantoon, espantoon, espontoon, frontoon, pantoon, pontoon, rantoon, spantoon, spontoon, melocotoon, festoon, overfestoon, prostoon, stoon, testoon, tetrastoon, Mattoon, rattoon, spittoon, kytoon
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