karaoke
- noun
- /ˌkær.iˈoʊ.ki/
- Next time at the karaoke bar, what will we sing?
- sing karaoke
- a karaoke bar
- karaoke music
I love karaoke and my go to karaoke song is Proud Mary.
- I love karaoke and my go to karaoke song is Proud Mary.
- And we had a karaoke mic, we had an iPad.
- So this it's a portable karaoke microphone.
- She got me a mini karaoke microphone.
- Well, at karaoke, I'm, I'm pretty good.
- Any episode of Carpool Karaoke is good.
Examples
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Last Saturday, we went to a lively karaoke bar and sang our favorite songs all night.
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We're about to do karaoke and guys, I cannot sing.
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I love karaoke and my go to karaoke song is Proud Mary.
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No, in fact, I think that karaoke is fantastic.
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If we could just all go out to karaoke together some night.
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We met in LA at the karaoke night mentioned earlier.
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Tony, what's your favorite karaoke song right now?
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You came halfway around the world for a night of karaoke?
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Additionally, the karaoke videos provided musical and visual variety, which in turn helped to hold students' interest.
Academic text (1994) -
My last karaoke song was The Climb by Miley Cyrus.
Synonyms
A friendly event where people sing popular songs together
A friendly gathering where people sing songs together
Compounds
How Social
- Literature
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word karaoke comes from Japanese parts kara meaning 'empty' and oke, short for 'orchestra'. It originally meant 'empty orchestra', so when you sing karaoke you are filling the empty band by singing to the recorded music.