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taunt, scoff, lampoon, deride, scorn, mock, humiliate, spoof, parody, reflect, repeat, imitate, clone, reproduce, duplicate, depict, simulate, mirror, plagiarize, transcribe
Nearby words
- cartography,
- cartomancy,
- carton,
- carton-pierre,
- cartonnier,
- cartoonish,
- cartoonist,
- cartop,
- cartophily,
- cartopper
Origin of cartoon
1665–75; < Italian cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equivalent to cart(a) paper (see carte) + -one augmentative suffix
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Examples from the Web for cartooning
What I love about cartooning is that I have access to two different kinds of communication.
I didn't suppose that basking in reflected glory made one a subject for cartooning; if it does, we'll all pose together.
The Vision of Elijah Berl|Frank Lewis NasonWith which Molly Brandeis unconsciously defined the art of cartooning.
Fanny Herself|Edna FerberI don't know if you and she ever spoke seriously of this little trick of drawing, or cartooning, or whatever it is you have.
Fanny Herself|Edna Ferber
cartoon
/ (kɑːˈtuːn) /
noun
a humorous or satirical drawing, esp one in a newspaper or magazine, concerning a topical event
Also called: comic strip a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a comic or adventurous situation
See animated cartoon
a full-size preparatory sketch for a fresco, tapestry, mosaic, etc, from which the final work is traced or copied
Word Origin for cartoon
C17: from Italian cartone pasteboard, sketch on stiff paper; see carton
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