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1. (adj.) husky
big and strong; burly; brawny.
2. husky
(of the voice) somewhat hoarse, as when affected with a cold.
3. husky
like, covered with, or full of husks.
4. (n.) husky
a size of garments for boys who are heavier than average.
5. husky
a garment in this size.
6. (n.) husky
a big, brawny person.
Etymology: (1870–75; by ellipsis from husky dog, husky breed; cf. Newfoundland and Labrador dial. Husky a Labrador Inuit, earlier Huskemaw, Uskemaw, ult. < the same Algonquian source as Eskimo)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Eskimo dog, husky
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
2. (adj) beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly
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"
3. (adj) gruff, hoarse, husky
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) husky
rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice
2. (noun) husky
abounding with husks; consisting of husks
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Sense: (of a voice) rough in sound and difficult to hear
You sound husky; – have you a cold?
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 Afrikaans: hees |
 Arabic: أجَش، أبَح |
 Bulgarian: дрезгав |
 Brazilian: rouco |
 Czech: chraplavý |
 German: heiser |
 Danish: hæs; sløret |
 Greek: βραχνός |
 Spanish: ronco |
 Estonian: kähe |
 Farsi: گرفته |
 Finnish: käheä |
 French: enroué |
 Hebrew: צָרוּד |
 Hindi: भर्रायी हुई आवाज |
 Croatian: promukao (glas) |
 Hungarian: rekedt (hang) |
 Indonesian: serak |
 Icelandic: rámur |
 Italian: rauco |
 Japanese: かすれた |
 Korean: (목소리가) 쉰 |
 Lithuanian: užkimęs |
 Latvian: aizsmacis |
 Malay: serak |
 Dutch: schor, hees |
 Norwegian: hes, rusten, grøtet |
 Polish: ochrypły |
 Persian: گرفته |
 Pashto: نیولی |
 Portuguese: rouco |
 Romanian: răguşit |
 Russian: хриплый |
 Slovak: chrapľavý |
 Slovenian: hripav |
 Serbian: promukao |
 Swedish: hes, skrovlig |
 Thai: (เสียง) แหบ |
 Turkish: kısık, boğuk |
 Taiwanese: 嘶啞的 |
 Ukrainian: хрипкий, сиплий |
 Urdu: خشک آواز |
 Vietnamese: giọng khàn |
 Chinese: 沙哑的 |
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