Sekirov Dictionary

offbeat

/ˈɒfbiːt/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

•
The beats not normally accented in a measure.
- The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.
•
(slang, figurative) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
- No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored. — 1977

adjective1

•
(figurative) Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.
- He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.

forms

offbeats · more offbeat · most offbeat

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