Noun, sense 1. The offbeat rhythm characteristic to ska and rocksteady.
Noun, sense 2. "March/dance to a crooked beat", to be an individualist, or identify with an underground subculture like punk rock.
Noun, sense 2. "March/dance to a crooked beat", to be an individualist, or identify with an underground subculture like punk rock.
Sense 1: "You can only skank to a crooked beat. Put on the Slackers, bro!"
Sense 2: "Those kids march to a crooked beat. Fucking weirdos."
Sense 2: "Those kids march to a crooked beat. Fucking weirdos."
by Danny Delinquent December 09, 2003