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kar·a·o·ke
(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.
[Japanese karaoke : kara, void, empty + alteration of ōke(sutora), orchestra (from English orchestra).]
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karaoke
(ˌkɑːrəˈəʊkɪ)n
a. an entertainment of Japanese origin in which people take it in turns to sing well-known songs over a prerecorded backing tape
b. (as modifier): a karaoke bar.
[from Japanese, from kara empty + ōkesutora orchestra]
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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]
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karaoke
A Japanese word meaning empty orchestra, used to mean the pastime of singing a popular song to a prerecorded backing tape.
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| Noun | 1. |  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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كَاراَوْكَهُكراوكي
karaoke
karaoke
karaoke
karaoke
カラオケ
노래방
karaoke
karaoke
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karaoke
n → Karaoke nt
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karaoke
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