off-beat in English

adjective

1

not coinciding with the beat.

It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat, and the offbeat rhythm section.

2

unconventional; unusual.

she's a little offbeat, but she's a wonderful actress

synonyms: unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, eccentric, idiosyncratic, outré, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, freakish, outlandish, out of the ordinary, Bohemian, alternative, zany, quirky, wacky, freaky, way-out, off the wall, kooky, oddball

noun

1

any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.

McDowell's guitar playing on these songs was all about rhythm, a distinctive syncopated chug that emphasized the offbeats and often stayed on a single chord.

adjective

• unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, eccentric, idiosyncratic, outré, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, freakish, outlandish, out of the ordinary, Bohemian, alternative, zany, quirky, wacky, freaky, way-out, off the wall, kooky, oddball
• kinky, way-out, quirky, far-out

noun

• upbeat

Use "off-beat" in a sentence

1. You turn down invitations to anything off-beat.

2. Skippers bistro Off-beat but well worth seeking out.

3. 27 Her style of dress is definitely off-beat.

4. 3 He was tall and had a quirky, off-beat sense of humour.

5. naturally, then, she accented a simple plaid shirtdress with an off-beat turquoise-studded belt.

6. Here is a basic two beat rhythm with a main beat and an opposing off beat.

7. It was the internationalism of the 1965 poetry reading, cultural, post-Beat, off-beat, and art-oriented.

8. Benignly Rebellious Notwithstanding off-beat saintliness, Sarada Devi was a revolutionary in her attitude, with a sublime beauty and grace

9. The first note of a Beamed group must never fall on an off beat, unless it's preceded by a rest or a dotted note

10. For that, we need at least one opposing beat with a different sound, which can be the unstressed off beat or the accented back beat.

11. Off Beat Cinema promises to show you “the movies that must be shown” – the good, the bad and the foreign (in their original languages, of course!)

12. Off Beat Cinema is a two-hour hosted movie show that airs on television stations throughout North America on the retroTV Network along with a series of independent stations

13. Candlestick is planned to be a microcosm of the city that surrounds it: diverse, engaging, off-beat, lively, and endlessly enjoyable. Candlestick, by FivePoint, is planned to offer San Franciscans a fresh destination to play outdoors, watch films and experience theater, work, shop, eat local cuisine, and live.

14. Bluegrass, in music, country and western style that emerged in the United States after World War II, a direct descendant of the old-time string-band music that had been widely played and recorded by such groups as the Carter Family from the late 1920s.Bluegrass is distinguished from the older string-band music by its more syncopated (off-beat) rhythm, its relatively high-pitched tenor (lead