Meaning of HUSKY
| Pronunciation: | | 'huskee
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- [n] breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- [adj] deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
- [adj] muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; (`buirdly' is a Scottish term; "a buirdly lad of twelve")
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| | Synonyms: | | beefy, buirdly, burly, cacophonic, cacophonous, Eskimo dog, gruff, hoarse, robust, strapping |
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\Husk"y\, a. [From {Husk}, n.]
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. --Dryden.
\Hus"ky\, a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS.
hw[=o]sta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel.
h[=o]sti. See {Wheeze}.]
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
\Hus"ky\, a.
Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]
A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin
Garland.
\Hus"ky\, n.; pl. {-kies}. [Cf. {Eskimo}.]
1. An Eskimo; also, an Eskimo dog.
2. The Eskimo language.
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