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KARAOKE
karaoke
(noun) singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
karaoke (countable and uncountable, plural karaokes)
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
(countable) A karaoke session.
Verb
karaoke (third-person singular simple present karaokes, present participle karaokeing, simple past and past participle karaoked)
(intransitive) to perform karaoke
Source: Wiktionary
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