Definitions for: Husky


[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")



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: beefy, buirdly, burly, cacophonic, cacophonous, Eskimo dog, gruff, hoarse, robust, strapping

See Also: working dog

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