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offbeat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | upbeat |
| Type of | beat, musical rhythm, rhythm |
Examples of offbeat
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At Hussey's General Store in Windsor, Maine, offbeat merchandise is a specialty.
From the ocregister.com
Meanwhile, for offbeat homeware Macleay Street in Potts Point is the style mile.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You just can't help but tap your feet to their offbeat brand of alt-polka music.
From the timesunion.com
Mary, while undeniably offbeat, also is one-dimensional and not very self-aware.
From the usatoday.com
The offbeat musical comedy is based on the film by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Toch's octet proved an agreeable grab bag of limpid serenades and offbeat jests.
From the sfgate.com
This city of oddballs and offbeat celebrated their band of castoffs and misfits.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
British and opinionated, he had a bray of a laugh and an offbeat sense of humour.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Digg users love technology and offbeat stories, but lag in the sports category.
From the techcrunch.com
- Far-out: informal terms; strikingly unconventional
- Upbeat: an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
- Offbeat is a 1961 British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling and John Meillon. An MI5 officer goes undercover to catch a criminal gang.
- OffBeat is a monthly music magazine in New Orleans, Louisiana first published in 1988. It mainly focuses on the music scene of New Orleans and Louisiana. It covers wide range of local music including R&B, blues, brass bands, jazz, cajun music, zydeco, to rock.
- The beat is the basic time unit of music, the pulse of the mensural level , also known as the beat level . However, since the term is in popular use, it often connotes the tempo of a piece or a particular sequence of individual beats, the meter, rhythm or groove. ...
- The beats not normally accented in a measure; An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform; Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary
- The second "half" of a beat (which might actually be shorter than half a beat in a swing rhythm)
- Being independent in thought and not following the crowd.
- Often used synonymously and incorrectly with upbeat - see rhythm, backbeat. It refers to the weaker beats - for example, beats 2 and 4 in 4/4 time in folk and some pop music. In much pop and rock music, stress is put on these beats to create a unique rhythm.
