Adjacent Words

Husky definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUSK'Y, a. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
1. Resembling husks; dry; rough.
2. Rough, as sound; harsh; whizzing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly]
2: 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 [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky] n
1: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog, husky]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (huskier; -est) Date: 1552 resembling, containing, or full of husks II. adjective (huskier; -est) Etymology: probably from husk huskiness, from obsolete husk to have a dry cough Date: circa 1722 hoarse with or as if with emotion • huskily adverb • huskiness noun III. noun (plural huskies) Etymology: shortening of Huskemaw, Uskemaw Eskimo, from Cree aškime•w; akin to Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo — more at Eskimo Date: 1852 1. a heavy-coated working dog of the New World arctic region 2. Siberian husky IV. noun (plural huskies) Date: 1864 one that is husky V. adjective (huskier; -est) Etymology: probably from ¹husk Date: 1869 1. burly, robust 2. large

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. (huskier, huskiest) 1 (of a person or voice) dry in the throat; hoarse. 2 of or full of husks. 3 dry as a husk. 4 tough, strong, hefty. Derivatives: huskily adv. huskiness n. 2. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a dog of a powerful breed used in the Arctic for pulling sledges. 2 this breed. Etymology: perh. contr. f. ESKIMO

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Husky Hus"ky, a. Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.] A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin Garland.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Husky Hus"ky, n.; pl. -kies. [Cf. Eskimo.] 1. An Eskimo; also, an Eskimo dog. 2. The Eskimo language.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Husky Husk"y, a. [From Husk, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Husky 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(huskier huskiest huskies) 1. If someone's voice is husky, it is low and rather rough, often in an attractive way. His voice was husky with grief. ...Dietrich's deep, husky voice. ADJ • huskily 'Ready?' I asked huskily. ADV: ADV after v 2. If you describe a man as husky, you think that he is tall, strong, and attractive. (INFORMAL) ...a very husky young man, built like a football player. ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. A husky is a strong, furry dog, which is used to pull sledges across snow. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Dry, shrivelled. 2. Hoarse, rough, raucous, harsh, guttural.

Moby Thesaurus

Herculean, Siberian husky, ass, beast of burden, beefy, big, bouncing, brassy, brawny, brazen, bull, burly, camel, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, doughty, draft animal, dromedary, dry, elephant, fat, forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, gigantic, great, gruff, gutsy, guttural, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, harsh, harsh-sounding, hearty, hefty, hoarse, horse, iron-hard, llama, lusty, malamute, metallic, mighty, mule, muscular, nervy, obstinate, ox, pack horse, potent, powerful, puissant, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, red-blooded, reindeer, robust, robustious, rough, roupy, rude, rugged, sledge dog, squawking, squawky, stalwart, steely, stertorous, stout, strangled, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, sumpter, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, thick, thickset, throaty, tinny, tough, vigorous, well-built