Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cartoon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cartoon \Car*toon"\, n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard,
cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st {card}.]
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; as,
the cartoons of Raphael.
2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine;
esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of ``Puck.''
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cartoon
n 1: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or
magazine [syn: {sketch}]
2: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to
give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid
sequence [syn: {animated cartoon}]
v : draw cartoons of
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