comic
com|ic /k'ɒmɪk/ (comics)
1 [ADJ]
If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
The novel is comic and tragic...
Most of these trips had exciting or comic moments.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Comic is used to describe comedy as a form of entertainment, and the actors and entertainers who perform it.
Grodin is a fine comic actor.
...a comic opera.
3 [N-COUNT]
A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh.
= comedian
4 [N-COUNT]
A comic is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use comic book)
Joe loved to read `Superman' comics.
= comic bookcom|ic book (comic books)
[N-COUNT]
A comic book is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use comic)
= comiccom|ic strip (comic strips)
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A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
1 [ADJ]
If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
The novel is comic and tragic...
Most of these trips had exciting or comic moments.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Comic is used to describe comedy as a form of entertainment, and the actors and entertainers who perform it.
Grodin is a fine comic actor.
...a comic opera.
3 [N-COUNT]
A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh.
= comedian
4 [N-COUNT]
A comic is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use comic book)
Joe loved to read `Superman' comics.
= comic bookcom|ic book (comic books)
[N-COUNT]
A comic book is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use comic)
= comiccom|ic strip (comic strips)
[N-COUNT]
A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.