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noun
An animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
A kind of Korean comic that is published digitally for reading on a smartphone or computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Web + toon, dating from at least 2001 (see citations). For Korean comics, likely a re-borrowing of Korean 웹툰 (weptun), itself from the original sense.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
