ETYM French carton (cf. Italian cartone pasteboard, cartoon); from Latin charta. Related to card.
1. A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence; SYN. animated cartoon.
2. A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine; SYN. sketch.
Humorous or satirical drawing or caricature; a cartoon strip or comic strip; traditionally, the base design for a large fresco, mosaic, or tapestry, transferred to wall or canvas by tracing or pricking out the design on the cartoon and then dabbing with powdered charcoal to create a faint reproduction. Surviving examples include Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin and St Anne (National Gallery, London).

To draw cartoons of.