- offbeat
- I. noun Date: circa 1928 an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure II. adjective Date: 1938 eccentric, unconventional
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Offbeat — Betonung in einem Shuffle Rhythmus Als Offbeat (auch Off Beat, engl.: weg vom Schlag) werden in der Musik die Positionen zwischen den Zählzeiten eines Metrums und vor allem die Betonung dieser Zählzeiten bezeichnet. Der durchlaufende Beat wird… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Offbeat — may refer to: Off Beat, a 2005 manga influenced comic series by Jennifer Lee Quick Off Beat, a 1986 comedy film Offbeat, a 1961 film Off Beat (label), a large German label for electronic underground music OffBeat (magazine) is a music magazine… … Wikipedia
offbeat — index unusual Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
offbeat — [adj] strange, very different bizarre, bohemian*, eccentric, far out, freaky, fresh, idiosyncratic, novel, oddball, outré, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way out*, weird; concept 564 Ant. expected, normal, usual … New thesaurus
offbeat — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Music not coinciding with the beat. 2) informal unconventional; unusual. ► NOUN Music ▪ any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar … English terms dictionary
offbeat — [ôf′bēt΄] n. Music any of the beats of a measure that have weak, or secondary, accents adj. ☆ 1. Jazz with a strong, or primary, accent placed on beats that usually receive a weak, or secondary, accent 2. Informal not conforming to the usual… … English World dictionary
offbeat — [[t]ɒ̱fbi͟ːt, AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] also off beat ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something or someone as offbeat, you think that they are different from normal. She adores old, offbeat antiques. ...a wickedly offbeat imagination. Syn: unorthodox … English dictionary
offbeat — 1. noun a) The beats not normally accented in a measure. The congregation clapped along on the offbeat. b) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform. No one dignified such offbeats by responding to … Wiktionary
Offbeat — Ọff|beat 〈[ bi:t] m.; od. s; unz.; Mus.; bes. Jazz u. Rock〉 gegen den rhythmischen Grundschlag gesetzte freie Betonung [engl., eigtl. „außerhalb des Schlages, weg vom Schlag“] * * * Off|beat [ ɔfbi:t ], der [engl. offbeat, aus: off = neben u. ↑… … Universal-Lexikon
offbeat — off|beat [ˌɔfˈbi:t US ˌo:f ] adj informal unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an interesting way ▪ offbeat humour ▪ She s a little offbeat, but she s a wonderful actress … Dictionary of contemporary English
offbeat — 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 … Thesaurus of popular words
