offbeat
About 0.19 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The beats not normally accented in a measure.
The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.
- noun An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
- adjective Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.
He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.
Similar words
kinky quirky way-out far-out unconventional unaccent non-harmonic tone nonaccent antimusic natural
Often followed by
and or sense humor characters way accents but ideas
Word family
offbeats
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