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toon¹
- /ˈtuːn/
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of cartoon.
noun toons · 'toon
- A cartoon, especially an animated television show. Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?
- A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. 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.
- An animated cartoon character. In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans, often employing their skills to entertain as film stars.
toon²
- /ˈtuːn/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi तून (tūn), from Sanskrit तुणि (tuṇi, “Cedrela toona”).
noun toons
- 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. Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated.
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The wood of this tree.
After 7 years, all paint combinations except the self-primed latex are showing some failure on all species of wood except Australian toon.
Similar: toonwood
Similar: Australian red cedar, tone, toona
toon³
- /tuːn/
- /ˈtuːn/
Where it comes from
Standard spelling for a dialectal phonological preservation of Middle English toun, town, towne (and other forms), which was pronounced the same as this dialectal form, with the now-standard form town having diverged therefrom by action of the Great Vowel Shift. See town for further etymology.
See also me (dialectal form of my), hoose (“house”), thoo (“thou”), and oot (“out”), for similar cases.
noun toons
- Alternative form of town 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.
toon⁴
- /ˈtuːn/
noun toons
- Eye dialect spelling of tune But why dress me in bloo? Why not in gray, ef I play Confedrit toons?
Toon⁵
- /tuːn/
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
(in Newcastle) Geordie pronunciation spelling of town.
proper noun
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The city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Similar: Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cartoon, caricature, ton, tun, tunas, funny, tootsie, toot, tootsy-wootsy, tootling, cartooney, tooting, twonk, toesie, tuit, tootle
noun
Similar: Australian red cedar, tone, toona
Translations
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noun cartoon
| हिन्दी | कार्टून kārṭūn |
|---|---|
| Português | desenho |
| Français | BD, bande dessinée |
noun the tree Toona sinsensis
| हिन्दी | तून tūn |
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title = {toon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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