cartoon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cartoon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cartoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cartoon n a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine Synonym(s): cartoon, sketch a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence Synonym(s): cartoon, animated cartoon, toon v draw cartoons of
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 [bd]Puck.[b8]