- 1an amusing drawing in a newspaper or magazine, especially one about politics or events in the news an editorial cartoon
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- 2= comic strip
- 3a movie made by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings or models, so that they look as if they are moving Saturday morning cartoons a cartoon character
- 4(technology) a drawing made by an artist as a preparation for a painting
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