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Meaning of husky in English
Pronunciation
/ˈhəski/
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Classifying Adjective
husky
Definitions
1.
muscular and heavily built
Examples
« a beefy wrestler »
« had a tall burly frame »
« clothing sizes for husky boys »
« a strapping boy of eighteen »
« 'buirdly' is a Scottish term »
Synonyms
robust
2.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Examples
« gruff voices »
« the dog's gruff barking »
« hoarse cries »
« makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson »
Synonyms
cacophonous
cacophonic
Noun
husky
Etymology
mid 19th century (originally denoting a Labrador Inuit): abbreviation of obsolete Ehuskemay or Newfoundland dialect Huskemaw‘Eskimo’, probably from Montagnais (see Eskimo). The term replaced the 18th-century term Eskimo dog
Definitions
1.
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog