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Toon
Definitions
- 1 The city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Geordie
- 2 A surname.
- 1 A cartoon, especially an animated television show. informal
"Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?"
- 2 A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye. countable, uncountable
"Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated."
- 3 A town. Northumbria, Scotland
"Whan I was a callan, I took the play to mysel' for a week, or maybe twa, and gaed wi' a frien' i' the same trade's mysel', to see what was to be seen alang a screed o' the seacoast, frae toon to toon."
- 4 Eye dialect spelling of tune. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"But why dress me in bloo? Why not in gray, ef I play Confedrit toons?"
- 5 a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence wordnet
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- 6 A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. informal
"Proxemics are very important, however, as the positioning of an agent's toon in anon-combat grouping or in the environment can show place within a social group."
- 7 The wood of this tree. countable, uncountable
"After 7 years, all paint combinations except the self-primed latex are showing some failure on all species of wood except Australian toon."
- 8 An animated cartoon character. informal
"In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans, often employing their skills to entertain as film stars."
Etymology
Abbreviation of cartoon.
Borrowed from Hindi तून (tūn), from Sanskrit तुणि (tuṇi, “Cedrela toona”).
Dialectal variant of town.
(in Newcastle) Geordie pronunciation spelling of town.
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