Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding with, consisting of, or resembling husks; hence, poor, unprofitable, etc.
- Dry in the throat; hoarse; harsh; sounding roughly: said of the voice or utterance.
- noun A kind of dog used in drawing sleds in the Hudson's Bay territory.
- noun Rough and big; rough and energetic; burly: as; a husky fellow.
- noun A ‘husky’ fellow; an energetic man; a hustler.
- noun An Eskimo.
- noun The Eskimo language.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
- adjective Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous.
- adjective Colloq., U. S. Powerful; strong; burly.
- noun archaic An Eskimo.
- noun archaic The Eskimo language.
- noun an Eskimo dog, especially a breed of strong heavy-coated dogs used to pull dogsleds in the Northern regions of North America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several breeds of
dogs used assled dogs - adjective of a voice
hoarse and rough-sounding - adjective of a person
burly ,thick ;fat ,overweight
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- adjective deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
- adjective muscular and heavily built
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first night we showed up we stayed over top of the "Husky Pub" (husky is short for Huskissen, the town).
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Yeoh said she has always resisted voiceovers because of what she described as her "husky, deep voice," which she said was often confused for that of a man.
The Seattle Times 2011
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"I am Mrs. Allan Fleming," she said, with a certain husky defiance.
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We were just remembering when our husky was a puppy; how small and cute is was.
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Siberian Husky: No one wants to be called husky, but Sylvie won't mind.
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Now and then he would recall the husky sound of a radio female, a song he must have loved, whose voice he could recollect in a tangle of mental mess.
In The Digging LynnAlexander 2010
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We were just remembering when our husky was a puppy; how small and cute is was.
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The suspect here described as a husky, African-American man, average height, age 25 to 35.
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The suspect is described as a husky African-American man, average height, age 25 to 35.
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His voice is extremely charming, though it has a distinct croak (that can hardly be called husky or hoarse) that is rather fascinating.
Molly Bawn Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
poonis commented on the word husky
I like it when it refers to 'larger' boy sizes
February 9, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word husky
Or fluffy dogs. Or voices of people in bodice-rippers. An all-round swell egg, is husky.
February 9, 2007