Toon

/[tuːn]/ name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Geordie
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. 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

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of cartoon.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi तून (tūn), from Sanskrit तुणि (tuṇi, “Cedrela toona”).

Etymology 3

Dialectal variant of town.

Etymology 4

(in Newcastle) Geordie pronunciation spelling of town.

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