I. (ˈ)kär|tün, -ȧ|t- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Italian cartone pasteboard, cartoon, aug. of carta card — more at card
1. : a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco, painting, mosaic, or tapestry) ; especially : a drawing in full size usually on paper which is traced or copied on a surface to be used for a final work
tapestry weaves that closely follow the modeling in the cartoon
2.
a. : a drawing that is often symbolic and usually intended as humor, caricature, or satire and comment on public and usually political matters
a political cartoon
b. : comic 3a
3. : animated cartoon
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. : to make a cartoon or preparatory sketch of
2. : to make simple outline drawings of
3. : to caricature pictorially
intransitive verb
: to make a cartoon
III. noun
: a simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version (as of a person) : caricature