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karaoke

karaoke

84 3.2
An activity in which people sing popular songs to recorded music at a bar or party
  • noun
  • /ˌkær.iˈoʊ.ki/
translation icon : karaoke
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Last Saturday, we went to a lively karaoke bar and sang our favorite songs all night.

  • We're about to do karaoke and guys, I cannot sing.

  • I love karaoke and my go to karaoke song is Proud Mary.

  • No, in fact, I think that karaoke is fantastic.

  • If we could just all go out to karaoke together some night.

  • We met in LA at the karaoke night mentioned earlier.

  • Tony, what's your favorite karaoke song right now?

  • You came halfway around the world for a night of karaoke?

  • 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

singalong
vskaraoke
  • Informal
2 2.8

A friendly event where people sing popular songs together

is staged entertainment performed to recorded music usually in bars or nightclubs
singsong
vskaraoke
  • UK
1 4.8

A friendly gathering where people sing songs together

is staged entertainment using recorded music usually in bars or nightclubs

Compounds

A time when people sing with recorded music in a bar late at night

How Social

open mic
22 3.9
karaoke
84 3.2
live music
28 1.6
broadcast
  • Literature
484 2.9

Surface Forms

karaoke singular
karaokes plural

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.