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View synonyms for animated cartoon

animated cartoon

[ an-uh-mey-tid kahr-toon ]

noun

  1. a movie or television show, usually intended for children, created from static drawings, models, or objects posed in a series of incremental movements that are then rapidly sequenced to give the illusion of lifelike motion.


animated cartoon

noun

  1. a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc, which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of animated cartoon1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

Rowlandson's animated cartoon successfully includes all the diversities of the situation.

One feature picture, one newsreel and one animated cartoon later, they walked past the plant again.

Bart Simpson, the main character of the animated cartoon series of the same name, created by Matt Groening.

Need the "movies" be the only ones to profit by the animated cartoon?

Animated cartoon shorts have been better received by Western critics and audiences than have feature films.

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