cartoon

noun

1. A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
2. A drawing satirising current public figures.

   “The newspaper published a political cartoon mocking the mayor.”

3. An artist's preliminary sketch.
4. A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
5. An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

   “The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.”

6. A cartoon series.

   “12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift 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.”

7. A diagram in a scientific concept.

verb

1. To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.
2. To make a preliminary sketch.