offbeat
31offbeat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unfamiliar, unconventional, unorthodox, weird, queer, wacky (sl.), kooky (sl.). See unconformity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. strange, unique, idiosyncratic; see unusual 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
32Offbeat — Ọff|beat 〈[ bi:t] m.; Gen.: od. s; Pl.: unz.; Musik; bes. Jazz u. Rock〉 gegen den rhythmischen Grundschlag gesetzte freie Betonung [Etym.: engl., eigtl. »außerhalb des Schlages, weg vom Schlag«] …
33offbeat — off|beat [ ɔf,bit ] adjective INFORMAL unusual, often in an interesting way …
34offbeat — adj. not coinciding with the regular beat (Music); unusual (Slang); unconventional (Slang) …
35offbeat — adjective 1》 Music not coinciding with the beat. 2》 unconventional; unusual. noun Music any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar …
36offbeat — UK [ˈɒfˌbiːt] / US [ˈɔfˌbɪt] adjective informal unusual, often in an interesting way …
37offbeat — [ˈɒfˌbiːt] adj informal unusual, often in an interesting way …
38offbeat — /ˈɒfbit/ (say ofbeet) adjective 1. unusual; unconventional. 2. (in jazz, etc.) having a strong accent on the second and fourth beat of a four beat bar. –noun 3. Music the unaccented or less strongly accented beat of a bar …
39Offbeat — Ọff|beat , der; [s], s (rhythmische Eigentümlichkeit der Jazzmusik) …
40offbeat — adj. & n. adj. 1 not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. n. any of the unaccented beats in a bar …
