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karaoke
(kar′ē ō′kē, ker′-)
noun
a form of entertainment in which patrons, as in a bar, take turns singing popular songs into a microphone accompanied by prerecorded music played on a special device, with the lyrics displayed on a screen
Origin: < Jpn kara, empty + oke, short for E “orchestra”
See karaoke in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen.
- The performance of such music.
Origin:
Origin: Japanese
Origin: : kara, void, empty
Origin: + oke(sutora), orchestra (from English orchestra)
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