cartoon

plural cartoons

1. comicsA humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

   Synonyms: comic strip, strip cartoon

2. comicsA drawing satirising current public figures.

   The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.

   Synonyms: caricature, political cartoon

3. artAn artist's preliminary sketch.
4. artA full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
5. animationAn animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

   The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.

   Synonyms: animated cartoon, animation

6. animationA cartoon series.

   1 more example

   12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

7. A diagram in a scientific concept.

present singular third person cartoons · participle present cartooning · participle past cartooned · past cartooned

1. animationartTo draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
2. artTo make a preliminary sketch.