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Offbeat

//ˈɒfbiːt// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.

    "He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (informal) strikingly unconventional wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The beats not normally accented in a measure.

    "The congregation clapped along on the offbeat."

  2. 2
    an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) wordnet
  3. 3
    An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform. slang

    "No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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