a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
See
See
a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
—adj.
resembling a cartoon or caricature: The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people.