noun / verb
cartoon
kar-TOON/kɑːrˈtuːn/
An illustrated work using stylized drawings for entertainment.
The cartoon shows a cat chasing its own enormous shadow.
Etymology
The paper root and enlarging suffix first named heavy paper, then artists’ preparatory drawings on it. The drawing sense broadened to political and humorous illustrations, and later to animated films.
In context
kids liked to draw was cartoon characters. They liked to draw the Little Mermaid,
More examples
- The children watch a short animated cartoon.
- The newspaper cartoons the mayor's latest proposal.
- Her political cartoons exaggerate the candidates' expressions.
Forms
cartoon · cartoons · cartooned · cartooning
Similar words
- animation
- Moving imagery that need not be humorous or drawn.
- caricature
- Emphasizes exaggerated distinctive features, often of a particular person.