Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cartoon \Car*toon"\, n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard,
   cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st {card}.]
   1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a
      model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making
      of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as,
      the cartoons of Raphael.

   2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine;
      esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of ``Puck.''

Source : WordNet®

cartoon
     n 1: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or
          magazine [syn: {sketch}]
     2: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to
        give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid
        sequence [syn: {animated cartoon}]

cartoon
     v : draw cartoons of