husky
1- big and strong; burly.
- (of the voice) having a semiwhispered vocal tone; somewhat hoarse, as when speaking with a cold or from grief or passion.
- like, covered with, or full of husks.
- made in a size meant for the larger or heavier than average boy: size 18 husky pants.
- for, pertaining to, or wearing clothing in this size: the husky department; husky boys.
- a size of garments meant for the larger or heavier than average boy.
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1Synonyms for husky
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2- a big, strong person.
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2husky
3- Eskimo dog.
- Siberian Husky.
- Canadian Slang.
- an Inuit.
- the language of the Inuit.
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3Related Words for husky
hoarse, gruff, throaty, stocky, strapping, muscular, stout, rasping, rough, guttural, stalwart, harsh, loud, raucous, croaky, Herculean, brawny, gigantic, hefty, mightyExamples from the Web for husky
Historical Examples of husky
Steel your heart against the seductive charms of these Husky belles!
Left on LabradorCharles Asbury Stephens
We bade a hasty farewell to the Husky belles, and handed them into their barge.
Left on LabradorCharles Asbury Stephens
I wonder what our Husky friends thought of this little bombardment!
Left on LabradorCharles Asbury Stephens
Why, you don't doubt your ability to win the affections of a Husky belle, do you?
Left on LabradorCharles Asbury Stephens
"You do what you're told with less lip," said Husky threateningly.
The HuntressHulbert Footner
husky
1- (of a voice, an utterance, etc) slightly hoarse or rasping
- of, like, or containing husks
- informal big, strong, and well-built
Word Origin for husky
husky
2- a breed of Arctic sled dog with a thick dense coat, pricked ears, and a curled tail
- Canadian slang
- a member of the Inuit people
- the Inuit language
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Word Origin and History for husky
"hoarse," c.1722 in reference to a cattle disease (of persons, 1740), from husk on the notion of "dry as a husk." Earlier (1550s) "having husks." Sense of "tough and strong" (like corn husks) is first found 1869, American English. Related: Huskily; huskiness.
"Eskimo dog," 1852, Canadian English, earlier (1830) hoskey "an Eskimo," probably shortened variant of Ehuskemay (1743), itself a variant of Eskimo.
The moment any vessel is noticed steering for these islands [Whalefish Islands], the Esquimaux, or "Huskies,"* as the Danes customarily term them, come off in sufficient numbers to satisfy you that you are near the haunts of uncivilized men, and will afford sufficient information to guide any stranger to his anchorage. *"Husky" is their own term. I recollect the chorus to a song at Kamtchatka was "Husky, Husky." ["Last of the Arctic Voyages," London, 1855]