Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
2. See also can2
canned in British English
(kænd)
adjective
1.
preserved and stored in airtight cans or tins
canned meat
2. informal
prepared or recorded in advance; artificial; not spontaneous
canned music
3. a slang word for drunk (sense 1)
canned in American English
(kænd)
US
adjective
1.
preserved in airtight cans or jars
2. Slang
a.
recorded for reproduction, as on radio or TV
canned commercials
b.
prepared for publication in a number of newspapers simultaneously
a canned editorial
Examples of 'canned' in a sentence
canned
That approach to preaching often feels canned and artificial to folks.
Christianity Today (2000)
But most do have a freezer cabinet and canned fruit and veg.
The Sun (2013)
If there is a choice between using fresh vegetables and canned foods always choose the former.
Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
The other is canned laughter in sitcoms.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This means that foods such as canned sardines and canned meats are still really nutritious.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Bran flakes with skimmed milk topped with slices of fresh or canned peach.
The Sun (2006)
It came out with what sounded like canned laughter from a dopey sitcom.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
At least there was no canned laughter.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Frozen vegetables and canned and frozen fruit can form the basis of your five a day of fruit and vegetables.
The Sun (2013)
No background music or canned laughter, just wonderful competitors being themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Theories abound as to the causes of death, ranging from tainted canned meat to lead poisoning.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
As we become affluent, we buy them canned meat.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Most people think it produces canned fruit and vegetables, but its main product is now pet food.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Why do TV channels insist on added canned laughter and applause on quiz shows?
The Sun (2014)
Well, there's all that canned music.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Or a baked potato with baked beans and some vegetables - these can be fresh, canned or frozen.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
canned
British English: canned /kænd/ ADJECTIVE
Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
However, the temptation is always there to add canned laughter in the editing.
American English: canned laughter
Arabic: مُسَجَّل
Brazilian Portuguese: pré-gravado
Chinese: 罐装的
Croatian: mehanički
Czech: předtočený smích v televizi
Danish: dåse-
Dutch: ingeblikt
European Spanish: enlatado
Finnish: purkki-
French: en conserve
German: konserviert
Greek: κονσερβοποιημένος
Italian: in scatola
Japanese: 缶詰めにした
Korean: 통조림한
Norwegian: hermetisert
Polish: nagrany (wcześniej)
European Portuguese: enlatado
Romanian: înregistrat
Russian: записанный заранее
Latin American Spanish: enlatado
Swedish: konserverad
Thai: ที่บรรจุในกระป๋อง
Turkish: kutulanmış
Ukrainian: записаний на плівку
Vietnamese: được thu lại
All related terms of 'canned'
can
You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
canful
a container , esp for liquids, usually of thin sheet metal
cann
to con , or direct the steering of (a ship)
debe
a tin
stannum
a metallic element, occurring in cassiterite , that has several allotropes ; the ordinary malleable silvery-white metal slowly changes below 13.2°C to a grey powder . It is used extensively in alloys , esp bronze and pewter , and as a noncorroding coating for steel . Symbol : Sn; atomic no: 50; atomic wt: 118.710; valency : 2 or 4; relative density : 5.75 (grey), 7.31 (white); melting pt: 231.9°C; boiling pt: 2603°C
tin
Tin is a soft silvery-white metal.
tinful
a metallic element, occurring in cassiterite , that has several allotropes ; the ordinary malleable silvery-white metal slowly changes below 13.2°C to a grey powder . It is used extensively in alloys , esp bronze and pewter , and as a noncorroding coating for steel . Symbol : Sn; atomic no: 50; atomic wt: 118.710; valency : 2 or 4; relative density : 5.75 (grey), 7.31 (white); melting pt: 231.9°C; boiling pt: 2603°C
tinning
a metallic element, occurring in cassiterite , that has several allotropes ; the ordinary malleable silvery-white metal slowly changes below 13.2°C to a grey powder . It is used extensively in alloys , esp bronze and pewter , and as a noncorroding coating for steel . Symbol : Sn; atomic no: 50; atomic wt: 118.710; valency : 2 or 4; relative density : 5.75 (grey), 7.31 (white); melting pt: 231.9°C; boiling pt: 2603°C
canned laughter
Laughter is the sound of people laughing , for example because they are amused or happy .