Definition of "cartoon"

cartoon

/kɑɹˈtuːn/

noun
plural cartoons
1. (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
2. (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
3. (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
4. (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
5. (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
  Quotations
  The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
  12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
6. A diagram in a scientific concept.
verb
third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned
1. (art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
2. (art) To make a preliminary sketch.