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In Irish clog dancing, the wooden footwear is used by striking the heel or toe against the floor to create percussive, syncopated, “off-beat” or “downbeat” rhythms.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Can't look at a woman as a hunter but some had to add the off-beat comments.

Girl Next Door Tags Monster Suburban Eight-Point Buck Next Door 2009

It's a comfortable, quirky cast of characters that brings a lot of humor and just the right feel of an amiably dysfunctional family that is also a functional investigative team as it pursues sometimes off-beat, standalone cases and recurring entanglements with jihadists, arms dealers, and a notably unsympathetic Mossad.

William Bradley: NCIS: America's Favorite Show and What It Tells Us William Bradley 2011

In the latest installment, Spider-Man 3, Peter Parker must wrestle with internal forces as well as villains to keep from destroying his relationships with those he cares for, including his great love M.J. In addition to her work in the mega-successful Spider-Man franchise, Kirsten Dunst has continued to work in smaller, off-beat films.

Five People Born at the End of April | myFiveBest 2010

It's a comfortable, quirky cast of characters that brings a lot of humor and just the right feel of an amiably dysfunctional family that is also a functional investigative team as it pursues sometimes off-beat, standalone cases and recurring entanglements with jihadists, arms dealers, and a notably unsympathetic Mossad.

William Bradley: NCIS: America's Favorite Show and What It Tells Us William Bradley 2011

Can't look at a woman as a hunter but some had to add the off-beat comments.

Girl Next Door Tags Monster Suburban Eight-Point Buck Next Door 2009

Damon's never been trapped by leading man status but growing more mature will only play into his natural instinct for the interesting and off-beat.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: How Good Is Matt Damon? Damn Good Michael Giltz 2011

When people are clapping, you get them to clap, to sing with you and say, OK, everybody, follow me, and the musician always claps on the off-beat.

Dick Dale's Guitar Screams With Pain And Pleasure 2010

As well as more conventional clients, they use their two gigabytes-per-seconds to host such off-beat sites as Rotorbrain's hardware hacking blog, and the site for the Cyclecide Heavy Pedal Bike Rodeo.

Boing Boing 2009

When people are clapping, you get them to clap, to sing with you and say, OK, everybody, follow me, and the musician always claps on the off-beat.

Dick Dale's Guitar Screams With Pain And Pleasure 2010