karaoke

noun

1. an act of singing along to a music video, especially one from which the original vocals have been electronically eliminated.

noun

1. 1. an entertainment of Japanese origin in which people take it in turns to sing well-known songs over a prerecorded backing tape
   2. (as modifier)a karaoke bar

n.

1979, Japanese, from kara “empty” + oke “orchestra,” shortened form of okesutora, which is a Japanization of English orchestra.