karaoke

kar·a·o·ke

K0015150 (kâr′ē-ō′kē)n.1. A music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen.2. The performance of such music.

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[Japanese karaoke : kara, void, empty + alteration of ōke(sutora), orchestra (from English orchestra).]

karaoke

(ˌkɑːrəˈəʊkɪ) na. an entertainment of Japanese origin in which people take it in turns to sing well-known songs over a prerecorded backing tapeb. (as modifier): a karaoke bar. [from Japanese, from kara empty + ōkesutora orchestra]

ka•ra•o•ke

(ˌkær iˈoʊ ki)
n. the act of singing along to prerecorded music from a device that combines the voice and music and sometimes displays the words on a screen. [1975–80; < Japanese, =kara empty + oke orchestra]

karaoke

A Japanese word meaning empty orchestra, used to mean the pastime of singing a popular song to a prerecorded backing tape.

Thesaurus

Noun

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karaoke - singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music

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