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offbeat

English

Alternative forms

  • off-beat, off beat

Etymology

From off- +? beat; not following the beat (e.g., of a drum that sounds out cadence)

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /??fbi?t/
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /?f?bi?t/
  • Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

offbeat (plural offbeats)

  1. (music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
  2. (slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
    Synonyms: oddball, free spirit, heteroclite, individualist, nonconformist; see also Thesaurus:maverick, Thesaurus:strange person

Translations

Adjective

offbeat (comparative more offbeat, superlative most offbeat)

  1. Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.

Synonyms

  • odd, peculiar, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange

Translations

Anagrams

  • beat off

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backbeat

English

Alternative forms

  • back beat

Etymology

back +? beat

Noun

backbeat (plural backbeats)

  1. (music) The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.

Anagrams

  • beat back

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