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š¤ Microphone
Also known as: Karaoke, Singing
Unicode: U+1F3A4
Description
A microphone, used to amplify a person’s voice when speaking or singing. Previously shown with music notes on most platforms, implying it to be used for a singer / singing. Today only Twitter's design retains these notes.
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Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
karaokemicmicrophone
Shortcodes
Platform | Shortcode | Action |
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Emojipedia | :microphone: | |
GitHub | :microphone: | |
Slack | :microphone: | |
Discord | :microphone: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs -> Entertainment symbols
Definition:
A microphone, usedĀ to amplify a personās voice when speaking or singing. Shown with music notes on most platforms, implying it to be used fo http://emojipedia.org/microphone/
Adjectives:
- Capable of or involving speech or speaking
- Used in speaking.
Verbs:
- Express in speech
- To put one or more microphones on or in.
- To put one or more microphones on or in; to use or place a microphone.
- Deliver by singing
Nouns:
- Karaoke is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system.
- A form of interactive musical entertainment
- Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
- A form of entertainment in which an amateur sings along with recorded music on microphone. The voice of the original singer is removed, and lyrics are displayed on a screen.
- A form of entertainment.
- Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment
- 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.
- Someone who is passionate about music.
- Music is an art form whose medium is sound.
- Music is an art form that involves sounds and silence.
- A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
- The artistic organization of sounds or tones that expresses ideas and emotions through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony and tonal color.