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n. Music The downward stroke made by a conductor to indicate the first beat of a measure.

n. Music The first beat of a measure.

n. Informal A period of stagnation or inactivity.

adj. Cheerless; pessimistic.

n. The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)

adj. sad or pessimistic

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

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

"Atop lazy swirls of blues riffs, a voice croaks: "It's what you call a downbeat, it's what you call a downbeat.""

upbeat   

beat    rhythm    musical rhythm   

Crete    Deet    Delete    Fleet    Grete    Marguerite    Pete    Piet    Seat    Skeat   

subpar    gaunt-cheeked    silky-smooth    lost    loud-sounding    andwarfare    inflectional    self-congratulatory    thick-lensed    edgier