Associations to the word «Offbeat»

Wiktionary

OFFBEAT, noun. (music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
OFFBEAT, noun. (slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
OFFBEAT, adjective. Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary.

Dictionary definition

OFFBEAT, noun. An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure).
OFFBEAT, adjective. Informal terms; strikingly unconventional.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats