OFFBEAT

Meaning of OFFBEAT in English

■ adjective

1》 Music not coinciding with the beat.

2》 unconventional; unusual.

■ noun Music any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

OFFBEAT — I. noun Date: circa 1928 an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure, II. adjective Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OFFBEAT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: off (III) + beat : the part of a musical measure other than the principally accented …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. /awf"beet", of"-/ ; n. /awf"beet', of"-/ , adj. 1. differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. not coinciding with the regular beat (Music); unusual (Slang); unconventional (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OFFBEAT — I. ˈȯf-ˌbēt noun Date: circa 1928 : an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — [off.beat] n (ca. 1928): the unaccented beat of a musical measure [2]off.beat adj (1938): eccentric, unconventional
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFFBEAT — I offbeat adjective BrE AmE ˌɒf ˈbiːt ◂ ˌɔːf-, ˈ•• AmE ˌɔːf- ˌɑːf- II offbeat noun BrE AmE ˈɒf biːt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — / ˌɒfˈbiːt; NAmE ˌɔːf-; ˌɑːf-/ adjective [ usually before noun ] ( informal ) different from what most people expect …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — off ‧ beat /ˌɒfˈbiːt◂ $ ˌɒːf-/ BrE AmE adjective informal unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFFBEAT — adj. & n. --adj. 1 not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. --n. any of the unaccented beats in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFFBEAT — adj. & n. adj. 1 not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. n. any of the unaccented beats in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. & n. --adj. 1. not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. --n. any of the unaccented beats in …
Oxford English vocab
OFFBEAT — also off-beat If you describe something or someone as offbeat , you think that they are different from normal. ...a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — also off-beat If you describe something or someone as ~, you think that they are different from normal. ...a wickedly …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OFFBEAT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an offbeat romance novel EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Amelia Bedelia, the offbeat housekeeper, will …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — [adjective] - unusual and strange and therefore surprising or noticeablean offbeat sense of humourHer taste in clothes remained offbeat, even …
Cambridge English vocab
OFFBEAT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — {adj.}, {informal} Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. * /Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting …
Slang English vocab
OFFBEAT — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
OFFBEAT — adj. Offbeat is used with these nouns: ↑ sense of humour
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. 25B6; adjective (informal) UNCONVENTIONAL, unorthodox, unusual, eccentric, idiosyncratic, outré, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, freakish, outlandish, out of the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFBEAT
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OFFBEAT — {adj.}, {informal} Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. * /Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting …
Словарь английских идиом
OFFBEAT — nonconventional, different from the usual The movie was very offbeat which is just the kind of movie that I like.
English Idioms vocab
OFFBEAT — adj. , informal Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting …
American Idioms English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — прил. замечательный, выдающийся, поразительный Syn : exceptional, unusual, rare, unique, remarkable, outstanding Ant : established, general, invariable, normal, usual a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFFBEAT — Непривычный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OFFBEAT — offbeat.ogg ˈɔfbi:t _a. _разг. непривычный, необычный, диковинный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFFBEAT — adj. informal необычный, непохожий, совсем иной, другой: - Linguistics used to be an offbeat field of study, but nowadays every …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
OFFBEAT — прил. замечательный, выдающийся, поразительный Syn : exceptional, unusual, rare, unique, remarkable, outstanding Ant : established, general, invariable, normal, usual a …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFFBEAT — adj. Pronunciation: - ' b ē t Function: adjective Date: 1938 : ECCENTRIC , UNCONVENTIONAL
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. Pronunciation: ' o ̇ f- ˌ b ē t Function: noun Date: circa 1928 : an unaccented beat or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — замечательный, поразительный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OFFBEAT — adj. замечательный, поразительный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OFFBEAT — adj. замечательный, поразительный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OFFBEAT — прил. замечательный, выдающийся, поразительный Syn: exceptional , unusual , rare , unique , remarkable , outstanding Ant: established , general …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OFFBEAT — прил. замечательный, выдающийся, поразительный Syn: exceptional, unusual, rare, unique, remarkable, outstanding Ant: established, general, invariable, normal, usual
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OFFBEAT — _a. _разг. непривычный, необычный, диковинный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
OFFBEAT — (adj.) необычный;непривычный;диковинный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
OFFBEAT — непривычный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
OFFBEAT — непривычный
English-Russian vocab
OFFBEAT — нешаблонный, идущий непроторенным путем
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
OFFBEAT — (adj.) необычный;непривычный;диковинный
English Russian slang dictionary
OFFBEAT — необычный; непривычный; диковинный
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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