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Definition cartoon in American English

cartoon noun

[countable] noun
/kɑrˈtun/
1

a movie or television show, especially for children, that is made by photographing a series of drawings so that people and things in them seem to move

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2

a humorous drawing in a newspaper or magazine, often with words written below

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2.1

a comic strip

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3

a drawing that an artist does as preparation for doing a painting or other work of art

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Definition cartoon in American English