Cartoon

Definition: Cartoon

Cartoon

Noun

1. A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine.

2. A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence.

Verb

1. Draw cartoons of.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cartoon" was first used: 1671. (references)

19th Century Satire

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Cartoon

Painting

Picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil; drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.

Crosswords: Cartoon

German (cartoon, cartoon strip), Manx (cartoon).

Mm hm. Go watch your cartoon show, dear (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Glory, we drop a piano on her. I mean, it always works for that spooky cartoon character when he beats that nice hunter with the speech impediment (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Cartoon, kinestasis, rotoscoping, stop-motion (The Wizard of Speed and Time; writing credit: Mike Jittlov)

I'm an alien, not a cartoon. (Smallville; writing credit: Richard Pinto; Sharat Sardana)

I'm a cartoon character (Annie Hall; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Pushing it all out like latex cartoon, am I all alone in this generation (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith)

A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth (What's The Frequency, Kenneth?; performing artist: R.E.M.)

You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth (What's The Frequency, Kenneth?; performing artist: R.E.M.)

It is hard to read a cartoon aloud. (references; author: unknown)

Walt Disney's Cartoon Carousel (1974)

A Political Cartoon (1972)

Cartoon circus (1972)

The Cartoon Film (1969)

A Laurel and Hardy Cartoon (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cartoon Guide to Physics (reference)

• How to Draw Cartoon Animals (reference)

• The Cartoon Guide to Genetics (reference)

• The Cartoon History of the United States (reference)

• The New Yorker 75th Anniversary Cartoon Collection (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Cartoon Cartoons (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Larryboy - The Cartoon Adventures - Leggo My Ego (reference)

• The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection - Jet Pink (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• That's All Folks! Cartoon Songs from Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Toon Tunes: 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Songs [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Disney's Magic Artist Cartoon Maker (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This is a cartoon from Harper's Weekly circa 1890. It shows an office worker, whose smoking cigar is drooping from his mouth, reading a sign on the wall: "No Smoking In Offices During Office Hours". The caption reads: "another civic-service outrage. Less smoke and more fire". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Glacier Bay topographic mapping Cartoon by Clarence Petersen recalls real incident Off of WESTDAHL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

More fun in Glacier Bay area Cartoon by Clarence Petersen Off of WESTDAHL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A strange cartoon of animals with a balloon in flames in: "Histoire des Ballons et des Aeronautes Celebres," by Gaston Tissandier, 1887, p. 66. Library Call Number TL616 .T57 1887. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

The parasailing concept is born - a cartoon of a circus troop using a balloon. In: "Histoire des Ballons et des Aeronautes Celebres," by Gaston Tissandier, 1887, p. 76. Library Call Number TL616 .T57 1887. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Frontispiece to : "Natural History of the European Seas" by Edward Forbes ( posthumously) and edited by Robert Godwin-Austen. Forbes' initials are in the lower right of this whimsical cartoon depicting deep sea dredging for marine fauna. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

[Pro-Thomsonian cartoon on bloodletting] / J.H. Hall sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Pharmacy: Political cartoon on cures & prescriptions]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Cartoon by Gluyas Williams, depicting Navy, civilian and military personnel exiting the "Main Navy" and "Munitions" Buildings in Washington, D.C., during World War II. Note bus at right with destination sign for Chevy Chase Circle. Credit: NAVY.

Cartoon insignia, published in the ship's cruise book. The original volume is held by the Navy Department Library. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

For children, Disney motives or cartoon characters are very popular. (references)

The trademark law requires registration of U. S. Cartoon characters under a specified product class in order to be protected. (references)

Korean courts, in recent decisions, have consequently declined to extend protection to those cartoon characters and certain textile designs. (references)

Civil Liberties

Panama

The cartoon criticized the politician's switch in political allegiances. (references)

Egypt

Cartoonist Essam Hanafi of al-Shaab, who was sentenced to 1 year in prison in April 2000 for slandering a government minister and who was released later in 2000, subsequently was questioned by the authorities regarding an alleged insult to the courts based on another cartoon, but he was not charged. (references)

Economic History

Chile

U.S. offerings include CNN International, HBO Ole, MTV, TNT, Worldnet, ESPN, Cartoon Network and MSTV. (references)

Human Rights

Syria

In December 2000, the Government detained an individual for forwarding via e-mail an allegedly lewd political cartoon. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "cartoon": animate a cartoon ♦ animated cartoon ♦ cartoon character ♦ cartoon strip ♦ motion cartoon ♦ political cartoon ♦ strip cartoon. Additional references.

Beginning with "cartoon": cartoon-film, cartoon-like, cartoon-strip, cartoon-strip-like.

Ending with "cartoon": strip-cartoon.

Albanian

skicë humoristike, skicë (chart, dash, delineation, design, draft, draught, essay, figure, freehand, outline, plan, profile, rough, sketch), shabllon (jig, Mold, mould, sample, sampler, stencil, template, templet), karikaturë (caricature, take off), film vizatimor (animated cartoon), bocet (draft, draught). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فيلم ترفيهي, ‏كاريكاتور (caricature, funnies), ‏صورة كاريكتورية, ‏رسم كاريكتوري, ‏رسوم متحركة (animated cartoon). (various references)

Bulgarian 

скица за стенопис, рисувам карикатури, комикс (comic strip), карикатура (burlesque, caricature, send up, take off), осмивам чрез карикатура, анимационен филм (animated cartoon). (various references)

Chinese 

漫畫 (caricature), 漫�"� (comics). (various references)

Czech

skica (skeleton, sketch), obrázkový seriál, kreslený vtip, kreslený film (animated cartoon), karikatura (caricature, parody). (various references)

Dutch

carton (original design), ontwerptekening (artwork, original design), karton (cardboard). (various references)

Farsi 

کاریکاتور (Caricature), تصویرمضحک , داستان مصور. (various references)

Finnish

pilapiirros (caricature), pilakuva (caricature), piirretty elokuva (animated film). (various references)

French

dessin animé (animated cartoon). (various references)

German

Zeichentrickfilm (animated cartoon), Karikatur (caricature), zeichenfilm. (various references)

Greek 

κινούμενα σχέδια (animated cartoon), κινούμενο σχέδιο, σκίτσο (sketch), γελοιογραφώ (caricature), γελοιογραφία (caricature). (various references)

Hebrew 

קריקטור�" (caricature), סרט מצויר (animated cartoon), סרט �"� פש�" (animated cartoon). (various references)

Hungarian

rajzfilm (animated cartoon), karikatúra (caricature, take off, take-off). (various references)

Indonesian

gambar kartun. (various references)

Italian

cartone animato (animated cartoon), cartone (cardboard, pasteboard), caricatura (burlesque, caricature), vignetta (illustration), fumetto (balloon, comics, strip cartoon), fare disegni umoristici, disegno umoristico, disegnare la caricatura. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

漫�"� (comic), 戯�"� (caricature, comics). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎが (caricature, comics), ぎひょう (a model, caricature, humorouscomments, satire), したえ (design, rough sketch), ま�"が (comic), カートゥーン . (various references)

Korean 

만�" (comics). (various references)

Manx

cartoon. (various references)

Pig Latin

artooncay.(various references)

Portuguese

desenho animado (animated cartoon). (various references)

Romanian

carton (bandbox, board, cardboard, pasteboard), caricaturiza (caricature), caricaturã (caricature, take off), film cu desene animate, desen animat (motion cartoon). (various references)

Russian 

этюд для фрески, комикс (comic strip, comics), картон (board, cardboard, pasteboard), карикатура (caricature, travesty), мультфильм;карикатура, мультипликация (animated cartoon, animation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

crtani film (animated cartoon), karikatura (caricature). (various references)

Spanish

caricatura (caricature). (various references)

Swedish

tecknad film, politisk karikatyr. (various references)

Turkish

resim taslağı (drawing), karikatür (caricature, take off, travesty), dizi hâlinde yayınlanan karikatür, çizgi film (animated cartoon). (various references)

Turkmen 

karikatura (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

комікс (comics), картон (cardboard, carton), карикатура (caricature, take off), мультиплікація (animated cartoons), малювати шарж, малювати карикатури, етюд для фрески. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tranh đả kích. (various references)

cartone. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cartoon": cartooned, cartooning, cartoonings, cartoonish, cartoonishly, cartoonist, cartoonists, cartoonlike, cartoons, cartoony. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cartoon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Actron, Cairston, cantoon, carcon, caroo, caroten, Caroto, Carroun, carstian, Carston, cartian, cartone, cartoone, Cartoonia, cartop, Cartron, caston, castoon, catodon, catoon, Catreeona, Ceratodon, Charton, clarton, craton, crotono, Curton, Kaitouni, latroun, Sarton, Scarton. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coranto.

-1 letter: cantor, carton, contra, corona, craton, croton, racoon, ratoon.

-2 letters: acorn, actor, canto, conto, cotan, croon, narco, octan, racon, taroc, trona.

-3 letters: arco, cant, carn, cart, coat, coon, coot, corn, narc, nota, onto, orca, rant, rato, roan, root, rota, roto, taco, tarn, taro, toon, tora, torc, torn, toro.

-4 letters: act, ant, arc, art, can, car.

+1 letter: acrodont, cartoons, cartoony, colorant, copatron, corantos, coronate, couranto, monocrat, nonactor, octonary, ostracon.

+2 letters: acrodonts, cartooned, colorants, concordat, consortia, contralto, copatrons, corantoes, cormorant, coronated, coronates, corposant, courantos, creodonta, monocrats, nonactors, nonfactor.

+3 letters: astronomic, carotenoid, carotinoid, cartooning, cartoonish, cartoonist, coloration, concordant, concordats, confrontal, contractor, contraltos, coordinate, cormorants, coronating, coronation, corotating, corotation, corposants, courantoes, covenantor, craniotomy, decoration, fornicator, iconolatry, inoculator, invocatory, microtonal, monocratic, nonfactors, nonreactor, oceanfront, octahedron, octonaries, overaction, relocation, revocation, syncopator.