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karaoke - 3 dictionary results

ka⋅ra⋅o⋅ke

[kar-ee-oh-kee]
–noun
an act of singing along to a music video, esp. one from which the original vocals have been electronically eliminated.

Origin:
1985–1990; < Japn, = kara empty + oke orchestra
kar·a·o·ke   (kâr'ē-ō'kē)   
n.  
  1. A music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen.
  2. The performance of such music.

[Japanese : kara, void, empty + oke(sutora), orchestra (from English orchestra).]

karaoke 
1979, from Japanese, from kara "empty" + oke "orchestra," shortened form of okesutora, a Japanization of Eng. orchestra.
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