karaoke

noun

kar·a·o·ke ˌker-ē-ˈō-kē

ˌka-rē-,

also

kə-ˈrō-kē

ˌkä-rä-ˈō-(ˌ)kā

: 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.

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Instead, we are given Gomez singing karaoke with a cowboy and Saldana bursting into song and dance during a random gala. —

Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024 Their sons, Grahame and Brian, serve as house band, and the bassist himself was known to sometimes accompany evenings of live Dead karaoke. —

Richard Gehr, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024 Costume contest with prizes, costume dance, special spooky drinks, karaoke, giveaways. —

Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024 The Hawks have decided to turn the United Center into a nonstop musical event and even featured some guy singing bad karaoke. —

Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for karaoke