What is "husky" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does husky mean in English? Meaning of husky definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "husky" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "husky": breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

Noun

  • Meaning: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
  • Synonyms: eskimo dog husky
  • Hypernyms: working dog
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈhʌs.ki/

    Meaning of "husky": muscular and heavily built

    Adjective

  • Meaning: muscular and heavily built
  • Example: a beefy wrestler had a tall burly frame clothing sizes for husky boys a strapping boy of eighteen `buirdly' is a Scottish term
  • Synonyms: beefy buirdly burly husky strapping
  • Similar: robust
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈhʌs.ki/

    Meaning of "husky": deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

    Adjective

  • Meaning: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
  • Example: gruff voices the dog's gruff barking hoarse cries makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky
  • Synonyms: gruff hoarse husky
  • Similar: cacophonic cacophonous
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈhʌs.ki/

  • Adjective: (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding(US) burly, stout Hamlin Garland You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […] 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22 Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]Hamlin Garland You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22 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. (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  • Synonyms:

    hoarse, gruff, throaty, rasping, rough, guttural, croaking, harsh, loud, raucous, croaky, growling, stocky, strapping, muscular, stout, stalwart, herculean, brawny, gigantic, hefty, mighty, powerful, rugged, sinewy, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built,

    Antonyms:

    soft, low, quiet, little, small, thin, skinny, underweight, thin, weak, low, quiet, soft, little, small,

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