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karaoke definition

ka·ra·oke (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

Etymology: < Jpn kara, empty + oke, short for E “orchestra”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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