offbeat

English - Turkish

Definition of offbeat in English Turkish dictionary: tuhaf; olağandışı; acayip; garip; {s} bayağı değişik, orijinal, olağandışı; {s} vurgusuz; argo olağandışı; vurgusuz nota; (fiil)rgusuz nota; {s} sıradışı; ABD

English - English

Definition of offbeat in English English dictionary: An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform
In addition to creating a web of stories that will be passed through many generations, these offbeats usually strengthen the fiber of their particular hobby.; Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary
He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.; The beats not normally accented in a measure
The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.; {s} not coinciding with the regular beat (Music); unusual (Slang); unconventional (Slang); informal terms; strikingly unconventional; The second "half" of a beat (which might actually be shorter than half a beat in a swing rhythm); Refers to the weaker beats For example, beats 2 and 4 in standard 4/4 time Backbeat; If you describe something or someone as offbeat, you think that they are different from normal. a wickedly offbeat imagination. = unconventional. unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an interesting way; An imaginary beat placed halfway between two beats If you were tapping your feet, the upbeat would occur when your toe reached its highest point off the ground
offbeats: plural of offbeat

offbeat

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off·beat

ôfbit

/ˈôfˈbēt/ /ˈɔːfˈbiːt/

[ 'of-"bEt ] (noun.) circa 1928. off +‎ beat; not following the beat (e.g., of a drum that sounds out cadence)

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