noun: (often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
noun: (by extension, US) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.
noun: Alternative letter-case form of kabuki [(often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.]
