offbeat
11offbeat — adjective, informal an offbeat suggestion offbeat clothes Syn: unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, eccentric, idiosyncratic, outré, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, freakish, outlandish, out of the ordinary …
12offbeat — mod. strange; unconventional. □ hat is really an offbeat idea. □ Tom is sort of offbeat. Well, he’s weird …
13offbeat — {adj.}, {informal} Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. * /Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self respecting university has a linguistics department./ …
14offbeat — {adj.}, {informal} Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. * /Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self respecting university has a linguistics department./ …
15offbeat — adj. /awf beet , of /; n. /awf beet , of /, adj. 1. differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian. n. 2. Music. an unaccented beat of a measure. [1925 30; OFF + BEAT] * * * …
16offbeat — adj. Offbeat is used with these nouns: ↑sense of humour …
17Offbeat — Off|beat [ ɔfbi:t] der; <aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. offbeat, eigtl. »weg vom Schlag«> Technik der Rhythmik im Jazz, die die melodischen Akzente zwischen den einzelnen betonten Taktteilen setzt …
18offbeat — adj informal Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self respecting university has a linguistics department …
19offbeat — nonconventional, different from the usual The movie was very offbeat which is just the kind of movie that I like …
20offbeat — adjective informal unusual and not what people normally expect: a slightly offbeat lifestyle …
