downbeat

3 definitions found

downbeat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  downbeat \downbeat\ n. (Music)
     the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm
     moves downward).
     [WordNet 1.5]

downbeat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  downbeat
      n 1: the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm
           moves downward)

downbeat - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "downbeat":
     Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, arsis, bar beat, beat,
     bout, circle, circuit, course, cycle, cynical, defeatist, diastole,
     dismal, gloomy, negative, negativistic, nihilistic, offbeat,
     pessimist, pessimistic, pulsation, pulse, revolution, rotation,
     round, series, spell, systole, thesis, throb, turn, uncheerful,
     upbeat, wheel