 husky |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] muscular and heavily built | |
| Synonyms: | burly beefy buirdly strapping | |
| Examples: | "a beefy wrestler" "had a tall burly frame" "clothing sizes for husky boys" "a strapping boy of eighteen" (`buirdly' is a Scottish term "a buirdly lad of twelve") |
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| Related terms: | Scotland robust | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | |
| Synonyms: | hoarse gruff | |
| Examples: | "gruff voices" "the dog's gruff barking" "hoarse cries" "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky:- Virgil Thomson |
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| Related terms: | cacophonous | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog | |
| Synonyms: | Eskimo_dog | |
| Related terms: | working_dog | |
| Similar spelling: |
husk hussy hus Hussey Huskey huss huck Hucks Hux Hughey hug |
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