Downbeat

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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