What does "toon" mean?
A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
Toon
/[tuːn]/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- Grammar: toon is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: animated cartoon, australian red cedar, cartoon, tone.
- Usage evidence: But I'm a toon. Toons are supposed to make people laugh.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Proper Noun
- 1 The city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Geordie
- 2 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"But I'm a toon. Toons are supposed to make people laugh."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "toon"?
Common synonyms include: animated cartoon, australian red cedar, cartoon, tone, toona.
How do you use "toon" in a sentence?
But I'm a toon. Toons are supposed to make people laugh.
How do you pronounce "toon"?
Pronounced /[tuːn]/.
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.