COMIC STRIP (comics)

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Irregular inflected form: comics   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does comic strip mean? 

• COMIC STRIP (noun)
  The noun COMIC STRIP has 1 sense:

1. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

  Familiarity information: COMIC STRIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMIC STRIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cartoon strip; comic strip; funnies; strip

Hypernyms ("comic strip" is a kind of...):

cartoon; sketch (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)

Meronyms (parts of "comic strip"):

frame (a single drawing in a comic strip)

Holonyms ("comic strip" is a part of...):

newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)

comic book (a magazine devoted to comic strips)