1a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine:the minister faced a welter of hostile headlines and mocking cartoons
(also cartoon strip) a narrative sequence of humorous drawings in a comic, magazine, or newspaper, usually with captions:a Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz
a simplified or exaggerated version or interpretation of something: [as modifier]:Dolores becomes a cartoon housewife, reading glossy magazines in a bathrobe
2a film using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects:we watched Yogi Bear cartoons on TV [as modifier]:cartoon charactersa cartoon show
3a full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting or other work of art:the tapestries are based on a set of cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo XI
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make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way:she has a face with enough character to be cartooned
(as noun cartooning) the activity or occupation of drawing cartoons:he pursued a career in newspaper cartooning
