[noun] [U] - a form of public entertainment, originally from Japan, in which recordings of the music of popular songs are played, and people sing the words, sometimes reading them from a TV screena karaoke bar/club/machineThursday night is karaoke night at our local pub.
KARAOKE
Meaning of KARAOKE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012