offbeat
English
noun
Definitions
- (music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
- (slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
Etymology
Prefix from English beat.
Origin
English
beat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurobeat English
- Merseybeat English
- abeat English
- afrobeat English
- afterbeat English
- backbeat English
- beat English
- beatable English
- beatbox English
- beatdown English
- beatee English
- beaten English
- beater English
- beatest English
- beateth English
- beatless English
- beatmaker English
- beatmatching English
- beatscape English
- beatsman English
- beatsmith English
- bluebeat English
- breakbeat English
- browbeat English
- counterbeat English
- downbeat English
- drumbeat English
- forbeat English
- forebeat English
- freakbeat English
- heartbeat English
- hoofbeat English
- hyperbeat English
- inbeat English
- interbeat English
- midbeat English
- misbeat English
- onbeat English
- overbeat English
- pulsebeat English
- swingbeat English
- tailbeat English
- tobeat English
- unbeatability English
- unbeatable English
- upbeat English
- wingbeat English
- worldbeat English
- beat Finnish
- beat Italian
- beat Dutch, Flemish
- beten Middle English
- ibhithi Zulu
- bit Nigerian Pidgin
- beat
- abeat
- inbeat
- onbeat
- tobeat
- beaten
- upbeat
- beater
- beatee
- midbeat
- forbeat
- misbeat
- beatbox
- beatest
- beateth
- backbeat
- drumbeat
- wingbeat
- hoofbeat
- beatable
- forebeat
- tailbeat
- bluebeat
- beatsman
- afrobeat
- beatless
- downbeat
- beatdown
- Eurobeat
- browbeat
- overbeat
- hyperbeat
- afterbeat
- freakbeat
- swingbeat
- pulsebeat
- breakbeat
- beatsmith
- interbeat
- heartbeat
- beatscape
- beatmaker
- worldbeat
- Merseybeat
- unbeatable
- counterbeat
- beatmatching
- unbeatability