Definitions for huskyˈhʌs ki

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

husk•yˈhʌs ki(adj.)husk•i•er, husk•i•est.

(adj.)big and strong; burly; brawny.
(of the voice) somewhat hoarse, as when affected with a cold.
like, covered with, or full of husks.
(n.)a size of garments for boys who are heavier than average.
Category: Clothing
a garment in this size.

Origin of husky:

1545–55; husk+ -y1

husk′i•ness(n.)

husk•yˈhʌs ki(n.)(pl.)husk•ies.

a big, brawny person.
Category: Informal

husk•y^*ˈhʌs ki(n.)(pl.)husk•ies.

Category: Dogs, Cats, and Horses
Ref: Eskimo dog.
Category: Dogs, Cats, and Horses
Ref: Siberian husky.

^* (sometimes cap.).

Origin of husky:

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

Princeton's WordNet

Eskimo dog, husky(adj)
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly(adj)
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"
gruff, hoarse, husky(adj)
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