See Also: downbeat(dictionary)
downbeat nystagmus(medicine)
downbeat 1, adjective(dictionary)
downbeat 2, noun(dictionary)

downbeat (iou)



downbeat noun & adjective. L19.
[from DOWN- + BEAT noun1.]
A. noun. A downward beat; Music the first or most heavily accented beat of a measure (indicated by a conductor's downward beat). L19.
b. adjective. Pessimistic, gloomy; relaxed, unemphatic. M20.