cartoon

noun

1. A preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco)
2. A drawing intended as satire, caricature, or humor

   "a political cartoon"

3. A group of drawings in narrative sequence comic strip
4. A video (such as a television show or movie) that is made from a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of inanimate objects (such as puppets) and that simulates movement by slight progressive changes in each frame animated cartoon
5. A ludicrously simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version

   "The film's villain is an entertaining cartoon."

noun

1. A video (such as a television show or movie) that is made from a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of inanimate objects (such as puppets) and that simulates movement by slight progressive changes in each frame cartoon

noun

1. A series of cartoon drawings that tell a story or part of a story