husky

[husk·y]

If your voice is low and gruff, it's husky. A deep, gravelly voice is husky, and you're husky if you have a large, muscled, heavy body. You might even be a husky person with a husky voice.

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Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

Noun
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

Adjective S.
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

Adjective S.
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"


n.
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

a.
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.


Husky

Husk"y , a. [From Husk, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Dryden.

Husky

Hus"ky , a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hw'd3sta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h'd3sti. See Wheeze.] Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.

Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.

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