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).
U književnosti, naročito u likovnim umetnostima, prvenstveno u slikarstvu: veoma razvijen način prikazivanja neke ličnosti, nekog događanja ili predmeta, u kome se karakteristične osobine namerno toliko preuveličavaju da celina, i pored sličnosti, izaziva osećanje smešnoga; fig. nakaza, nagrda, rugoba, nakarada, ruglo. (ital.)
Nabrzo izrađen (neizveden potpuno) crtež; nacrt, osnova, glavni potezi nečeg (npr. slike, kipa, građevine i sl.); lit. crtica, pričica.
Pruga, traka, kaiš (kože, hartije, zemljišta).
Praviti karikature; unakaziti, nagrditi; preuvelličavati izvesne osobine kod koga ili čega radi ismevanja; pretovariti; trg. opteretiti nekoga menicama; pr. karikiran. (ital.)