cartoons 1 of 2

plural of cartoon
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as in strips
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper

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as in parodies
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon

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cartoons

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cartoon

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Recent Examples of cartoons
Noun
Robby stayed home, measuring the time between clusters of seizures in video games and cartoons. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 Betty Boop and Minnie Mouse bounced from frame to frame in the cartoons. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026 The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. — USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 The decision to launch a separate block of programming aimed at those viewers, filled with raunchy cartoons that actively subverted nostalgia and violent anime that couldn’t be shown during daytime hours, was logical. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 Characters like Snoopy, Hello Kitty, and other childhood cartoons are at the center of fashion’s latest nostalgia craze. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 7 Sep. 2026 The Hanna-Barbera cat and mouse — formerly a throwaway bunch of cartoons, now a ‘franchise’ — are all about triflingly menial disputes taken to absurd heights, leading to surreal sight gags and baroque violence. — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Every inch of wall space is covered with vintage mirrors, statues and busts, alongside countless drawings, cartoons and paintings. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Will Orbitals be looked back on quite as fondly as those cartoons years down the road? — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoons
Noun
  • Tuesday’s Fantasy 5, Mega Millions and Jackpot Triple Play drawings didn’t provide much of a financial return for players aside from one ticket from a Fort Lauderdale Publix.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The drawings, the performances, the writing, the imperfections, the choices.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Walls, backsplash areas and the space beneath upper cabinets rarely get treated as storage, even though rails, pegboards, magnetic strips, floating shelves and hanging baskets can absorb a meaningful share of what currently sits on the counter.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Rails, pegboards and magnetic strips open up vertical surfaces most people ignore.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The name of the collection parodies the seriousness of the museum, even as the collection itself is the kind of thing that has traditionally gotten scant attention within actual institutions.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • His high-water mark was without a doubt the United Way commercial, one of the best commercial parodies of the last 25 years.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Roddy Ho is not written as physically fit in Mick Herron’s Slough House books, on which the Apple TV spy show is based — though the character certainly pictures himself that way.
    — Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • With nearly every surface painted to her liking, Jordan pictures herself staying in the apartment for a while.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Pairing sketches with finished works, sometimes for the first time in more than half a century, makes clear how Schlumberger’s ideas evolved on their way from paper to three dimensions.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Brunson was pushed off to the side in other sketches, which wouldn’t have been that big of a deal if the sketches themselves had been stronger.
    — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lowbrow sources such as Sunday funnies, B movies, and advertisements are present but are more diffuse, rarely coalescing into obvious quotation.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Instead of digging into the details of personality and circumstance — this school has a specific class for Shakespeare and also English teachers who are literature-hating caricatures?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Last month, retailer Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment that critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures.
    — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Several hang in the Musée d’Orsay, including one of his portraits of the physician who treated him, Doctor Paul Gachet.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Other novelists have turned to acidic, class-conscious portraits of the underemployed—see Andrew Martin and Halle Butler.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoons. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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