husky
Noun · AdjectiveUS[huhs-kee]/ˈhʌski/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)huskier, huskiest
- 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”Synonyms: beefyburlystrappingbuirdlyOpposite frailSimilar robust
- 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”Synonyms: gruffhoarseOpposite euphoniousSimilar cacophonous, cacophonic
Noun (1)huskies
- breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dogSynonyms: Eskimo dogType of working dog
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Husk′y adjective
Origin: From Husk, noun
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. John Dryden
Hus′ky adjective
Origin: Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hwōsta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. hōsti. See Wheeze.
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
Hus′ky adjective
Powerful; strong; burly. Colloq., U. S.
A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard.— Hamlin Garland.
Hus′ky noun; pl. -kies (#).
Origin: Cf. Eskimo.
1. An Eskimo. archaic
2. The Eskimo language. archaic
3. an Eskimo dog, especially a breed of strong heavy-coated dogs used to pull dogsleds in the Northern regions of North America.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement