COMIC


Meaning of COMIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmɪk ]

( comics)

1.

If you describe something as comic , you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.

The novel is comic and tragic...

Most of these trips had exciting or comic moments.

ADJ

2.

Comic is used to describe comedy as a form of entertainment, and the actors and entertainers who perform it.

Grodin is a fine comic actor.

...a comic opera.

ADJ : ADJ n

3.

A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh.

= comedian

N-COUNT

4.

A comic is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use comic book )

Joe loved to read ‘Superman’ comics.

= comic book

N-COUNT

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.