offbeat


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
offbeat/ɒfˈbiːt/
adjective
  • 1 Music not coinciding with the beat.
  • 2 unconventional; unusual.
noun Music any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.
'offbeat' also found in these Oxford entries:
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