- offbeat off·beat adj
- [ˌɒf'biːt]
fig originale, anticonvenzionale
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
offbeat off·beat adj
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off-beat — (adj.) also offbeat, unusual, 1938, from OFF (Cf. off) (adv.) + BEAT (Cf. beat) (n.). From earlier sense in reference to from music rhythm (1927) … Etymology dictionary
off|beat — «AWF BEET, OF », noun, adjective. –n. a musical beat normally with little or no accent: »Gradually, the beat began to ricochet from the audience as more and more fans began to clap hands on the offbeats (Time). –adj. 1. out of the ordinary;… … Useful english dictionary
offbeat — off•beat adj. [[t]ˈɔfˈbit, ˈɒf [/t]] n. [[t] ˌbit[/t]] adj. 1) differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian[/ex] 2) mad an unaccented beat of a measure in music • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
offbeat — [[t]ɒ̱fbi͟ːt, AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] also off beat ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something or someone as offbeat, you think that they are different from normal. She adores old, offbeat antiques. ...a wickedly offbeat imagination. Syn: unorthodox … English dictionary
offbeat — adj. /awf beet , of /; n. /awf beet , of /, adj. 1. differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian. n. 2. Music. an unaccented beat of a measure. [1925 30; OFF + BEAT] * * * … Universalium
offbeat — off|beat [ˌɔfˈbi:t US ˌo:f ] adj informal unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an interesting way ▪ offbeat humour ▪ She s a little offbeat, but she s a wonderful actress … Dictionary of contemporary English
eccentric — [adj] bizarre, unusual aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out*, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kooky, nutty, odd,… … New thesaurus
spacey — / spacy [adj] eccentric beat*, bizarre, crazy, dizzy, erratic, far out*, flaky, flighty, freakish, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, offbeat, off center, off the wall*, out in left field, out to lunch*, peculiar, quirky, spaced out*, strange, way out* … New thesaurus
spacy — spacey / spacy [adj] eccentric beat*, bizarre, crazy, dizzy, erratic, far out*, flaky, flighty, freakish, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, offbeat, off center, off the wall*, out in left field, out to lunch*, peculiar, quirky, spaced out*, strange,… … New thesaurus
unconventional — [adj] very different; odd anarchistic, atypical, avant garde, beat, bizarre, crazy, eccentric, far out*, freakish, freaky, free and easy*, idiosyncratic, individual, individualistic, informal, irregular, kinky*, kooky*, nonconformist, oddball*,… … New thesaurus
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