Main Entry: car·toon

Pronunciation: \kär-ˈtün\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Italian cartone pasteboard, cartoon, augmentative of carta leaf of paper — more at card

Date: 1671

1 : a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco)
2 a : a drawing intended as satire, caricature, or humor <a political cartoon> b : comic strip
3 : animated cartoon
4 : a ludicrously simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version <the film's villain is an entertaining cartoon>

— cartoon verb

— car·toon·ing noun

— car·toon·ish \-ˈtü-nish\ adjective

— car·toon·ish·ly adverb

— car·toon·ist \-ˈtü-nist\ noun

— car·toon·like \-ˈtün-ˌlīk\ adjective

— car·toony \-ˈtü-nē\ adjective