toon

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noun (1)

ˈtün 

variants or 'toon

plural toons or 'toons

: cartoon: such as

a

: comic strip

… launched the 'toon in 1930, with Dagwood as a lazy rich playboy and flapper Blondie as one of his many girlfriends.

—Mike Peters

b

: animated cartoon

… its most recent live-action adaptation of one of its classic toons, earned a tidy $69 million in its first weekend in theaters, good enough for first place.

—Mike Scott

also : a character in an animated cartoon

… it's surprisingly easy for the reader too to accept Gary Wolf's wacky universe, where humans interact with 'toons.

—The New York Times

… witty new catchphrases for the endearingly wiseass little toon Bart Simpson …

—Entertainment Weekly

toon

2 of 2

noun (2)

ˈtün 

: a southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata synonym Cedrela toona) of the mahogany family with aromatic dark red to reddish-brown wood

also : its wood

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

by shortening

Noun (2)

Hindi & Urdu tūn, from Sanskrit tunna

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1932, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1810, in the meaning defined above