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British Dictionary definitions for offbeat
offbeat
/ (ˈɒfˌbiːt) /
noun
musicany of the normally unaccented beats in a bar, such as the second and fourth beats in a bar of four-four time. They are stressed in most rock and some jazz and dance music, such as the bossa nova