offbeat

(ôf'bēt', ŏf'-)
n. Music
An unaccented beat in a measure.

adj. Slang (ôf'bēt', ŏf'-)
Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor.

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adjective

Not usual or ordinary: atypic, atypical, novel, unconventional, unordinary, unusual, unwonted. See usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: strange, very different
Antonyms: conventional, expected, normal, ordinary, usual

For a list of words related to offbeat, see:

• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ukonventionel, utraditionel
n. - uaccentureret taktdel

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongewoon, het onbeklemtoonde maatdeel

Français (French)
adj. - (Mus) à temps faible, cocasse
n. - (Mus) temps faible

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Mus.) unbetonter Taktteil
adj. - (Mus.) Off-Beat-, unkonventionell, ausgefallen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) δευτερεύων χρόνος
adj. - ανορθόδοξος, ασυνήθης, απόμερος

Italiano (Italian)
eccentrico, strambo, non convenzionale, anticonformista, anticonformistico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fora do comum, original (m)
adj. - tempo fraco (Mús.)

Русский (Russian)
оригинальная, рискованная (шутка), необычная

Español (Spanish)
adj. - excéntrico, original, inusitado, raro
n. - tiempo débil (del compás)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oaccentuerad taktdel
adj. - (mus) med markering på andra och fjärde tonen, annorlunda, okonventionell

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不平常的, 弱拍的, 离奇的, 弱拍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不平常的, 弱拍的, 離奇的
n. - 弱拍

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 색다른, 4박자재즈곡에서 오프비트의
n. - 별남, 오프비트

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 常識はずれな, オフビートの
n. - オフビート

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من الموسيقى الغربيه ذات أيقاع خاص (صفه) غير عادي, مميز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא בקצב, לא רגיל, יוצא-דופן, מוזר‬
n. - ‮מקצב לא-מקובל בדיסקו-בר‬

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