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Definition of karaoke noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

karaoke

noun
 
/ˌkæriˈəʊki/
 
/ˌkæriˈəʊki/
 [uncountable] (from Japanese)
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  1. a type of entertainment in which a machine plays only the music of popular songs so that people can sing the words themselves
    • a karaoke machine/night/bar
    Topics Musicb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKaraoke is used before these nouns:
    • bar
    • lounge
    • machine
    • …
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    Word Origin1970s: from Japanese, literally ‘empty orchestra’.
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