offbeat
differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian.
Music. an unaccented beat of a measure.
Origin of offbeat
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How to use offbeat in a sentence
Tonally, however, it is very peculiar: It is undeniably Southern Gothic, but it has its own brand of off-beat humor.
Like Robin Williams, Kabler could do off-beat impressions of popular stars like … well, Robin Williams.
The music was Venusian, a swaying, sensuous thing of weirdest melodies and off-beat rhythms.
Master of the Moondog | Stanley MullenHe moved swiftly over to it, his body jerking in a peculiar, off-beat cadence as he walked.
The Best Made Plans | Everett B. ColeThe complaining clanks and groans and off-beat thumpings maintained their steady rhythm.
Spillthrough | Daniel F. Galouye
British Dictionary definitions for 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
unusual, unconventional, or eccentric
(as noun): he liked the offbeat in fashion
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