karaoke
noun
kar路a路o路ke
| \ 藢ker-膿-藞艒-k膿
, 藢ka-r膿- also k蓹-藞r艒-k膿
, 藢k盲-r盲-藞艒-(藢)k膩
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, 藢ka-r膿- also k蓹-藞r艒-k膿
, 藢k盲-r盲-藞艒-(藢)k膩
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Definition of karaoke
: a device that plays instrumental accompaniments for a selection of songs to which the user sings along and that records the user's singing with the music
a karaoke machine
also
: a form of entertainment involving the use of such a device (as in a bar)
Examples of karaoke in a Sentence
That bar has karaoke on Saturday night.
Recent Examples on the Web
Years later, Kasie has put her life aside to support her bedridden father (James Kang) by catering to the pleasures of libidinous businessmen as a karaoke-room hostess. — New York Times, "The Week in Arts: A Mini-Festival of Music and a 9/11 Remembrance," 7 Sep. 2019 Other amenities include a karaoke room, whimsical library with book ladders, event space, co-working space, bike storage, pet area and yoga studio. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "One of San Diego鈥檚 most expensive apartment complexes opens," 13 July 2019 Slip past the karaoke rooms, the double-decker bus repurposed as a cocktail bar, the band stage and the DJ booth. — Michael Hiller, Dallas News, "Want to sneak away? Try these hidden or secret bars in Las Vegas," 9 July 2019 According to People, the group bowled for a few hours before leaving to do some karaoke. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "A Complete Timeline of Gigi Hadid and Tyler Cameron鈥檚 Dates," 16 Aug. 2019 After a quick stop at a karaoke bar, the rest of the Objectivists, young and old, had filled the hotel鈥檚 rooftop bar for a jam session. — Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, "The Last of the Ayn Rand Acolytes," 14 Aug. 2019 Willis鈥檚 favorite Grunewald memory, however, comes from a karaoke bar in New York City. — Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com, "Athletes reflect on the life of Gabriele Grunewald," 16 June 2019 Panda鈥檚 headquarters in Beijing appears to be a bare-bones operation based out of a dingy commercial tower with a basement karaoke bar and a low-end nightclub. — Washington Post, "Leaked documents reveal Huawei鈥檚 secret operations to build North Korea鈥檚 wireless network," 22 July 2019 It was organized by a woman named Lucy Tan, a mother with two master鈥檚 degrees and three school-aged children, at a karaoke bar in the heavily Chinese neighborhood of Flushing in Queens, New York. — Rong Xiaoqing, National Review, "The Rise of the Chinese-American Right," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'karaoke.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for karaoke
karaoke
noun
English Language Learners Definition of karaoke
: a form of entertainment in which a device plays the music of popular songs and people sing the words to the songs they choose
See the full definition for karaoke in the English Language Learners Dictionary
karaoke
noun
kar路a路o路ke
| \ 藢ker-膿-藞艒-k膿
, k蓹-藞r艒-k膿\
, k蓹-藞r艒-k膿\
Kids Definition of karaoke
: a form of entertainment in which a device plays music to which a person sings along