The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.
No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.
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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 — 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
