/ˈhʌs.ki/
OriginFrom husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".
- Hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
“Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of”
“Her voice was boy-husky, sounding as though strained through some rough material ...”
- US, euphemisticBurly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.
“You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]”
“Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]”
- Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
“Some swains have sown before: but most have found
A husky harvest from the grudging ground.”
- archaic, slangBelligerent; hostile and uncooperative.
““Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?”
“That”
- Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.
“The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by ”
- datedAn Eskimo person.
- datedAny of the languages of the Eskimo peoples.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:Husky.”
Formshuskier(comparative) · huskiest(superlative) · huskies(plural) · huskie(alternative) · Huskies(plural)