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offbeat

[ adjective awf-beet, of-; noun awf-beet, of- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

offbeat

/ ˈɒfˌbiːt /

music any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar, such as the second and fourth beats in a bar of four-four time. They are stressed in most rock and some jazz and dance music, such as the bossa nova

1. unusual, unconventional, or eccentric
2. ( as noun )
  he liked the offbeat in fashion

Origin of offbeat¹

First recorded in 1925–30; off + beat

Ed first appeared in 1987 on City By Night, a talk show on Newton Cable, a now-defunct offbeat indie cable network.

The women Peterson photographed were offbeat, eccentric, irreverent, and not conventionally pretty.

“Shake It Off” and its accompanying music video are all about being a goober and dancing like an offbeat weirdo.

And selecting Samberg as host meant that, perhaps more than other SNL alumni, it was going to be more offbeat episode of SNL.

While there, LeCun was allowed to dabble in some of his offbeat interests, including philosophy.

The hour—I am sorry I cannot recall the hour of arrival—but it was, as we say, an offbeat hour.

Rick studied the scene, searching for anything offbeat, any anomaly.

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