husky

husk·y ¹  (hsk)

adj. husk·i·er, husk·i·est

1. Hoarse or rough in quality: a voice husky with emotion.

2.

a. Resembling a husk.

b. Containing husks.

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[From husk.]

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huski·ly adv.

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husk·y ²  (hsk)

adj. husk·i·er, husk·i·est

1. Strongly built; burly.

2. Heavily built: clothing sizes for husky boys.

n. pl. husk·ies

A husky person.

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[Perhaps from husk.]

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hus·ky ³ also hus·kie  (hsk)

n. pl. hus·kies

1. often Husky or Huskie A dog of a breed developed in Siberia for pulling sleds and having a dense, variously colored coat. Also called Siberian husky.

2. A similar dog of Arctic origin.

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[Probably from shortening and alteration of Eskimo.]

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husky¹

adj huskier, huskiest

1. (of a voice, an utterance, etc.) slightly hoarse or rasping

2. of, like, or containing husks

3. Informal big, strong, and well-built

[probably from husk, from the toughness of a corn husk]

huskily  adv

huskiness  n

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husky²

n pl huskies

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of Arctic sled dog with a thick dense coat, pricked ears, and a curled tail

[probably based on Eskimo]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	husky - breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog Eskimo dog working dog - any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs
Adj.	1.	husky - 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" beefy, buirdly, burly, strapping Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"
	2.	husky - 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 hoarse, gruff cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

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husky

adjective

1. hoarse, rough, harsh, raucous, rasping, croaking, gruff, throaty, guttural, croaky His voice was husky with grief.

2. (Informal) muscular, powerful, strapping, rugged, hefty, burly, stocky, beefy (informal), brawny, thickset a very husky young man, built like a football player

Translations

husky¹ [ˈhʌskɪ] ADJ (huskier (compar) (huskiest (superl)))

1. [voice, person] → ronco

2. (= tough) [person] → fornido, fuerte

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husky² [ˈhʌskɪ] N → perro m esquimal

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husky [ˈhʌski]

adj

[voice] → rauque

(= burly) → costaud(e)

n → husky m

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husky¹

adj (+er)

→ rau, belegt; singer’s voice → rauh, rauchig; (= hoarse) → heiser; his voice was husky with emotion → seine Stimme war heiser vor Erregung

(= sturdy) person → stämmig

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husky²

n (= dog) → Schlittenhund m

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husky¹ [ˈhʌskɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (voice) → roco/a; (tough, person) → ben piantato/a

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husky¹ [ˈhʌskɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (voice) → roco/a; (tough, person) → ben piantato/a

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husky² [ˈhʌskɪ] n (-ies (pl)) → husky m inv, cane m eschimese

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husky² [ˈhʌskɪ] n (-ies (pl)) → husky m inv, cane m eschimese

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husky¹

adj husky [ˈhaski]

(of a voice) rough in sound and difficult to hear You sound husky – have you a cold? hees أجَش، أبَح дрезгав chraplavý hæs; sløret heiser βραχνός ronco kähe گرفته käheä enroué צָרוּד भर्रायी हुई आवाज promukao (glas) rekedt (hang) serak rámur rauco かすれた (목소리가) 쉰 užkimęs aizsmacis serak schor, hees hes, rusten, grøtet ochrypły rouco răguşit хриплый chrapľavý hripav promukao hes, skrovlig (เสียง) แหบ kısık, boğuk 嘶啞的 хрипкий, сиплий خشک آواز giọng khàn 沙哑的

n huskiness

heesheid بُحَّة الصَّوْت дрезгавост chrapot hæshed; slørethed die Heiserkeit βραχνάδα ronquera kähedus گرفتگی käheys enrouement צְרִידוּת भूसापन promuklost rekedtség keserakan hæsi, ræma raucedine かすれ 목소리가 쉬어 있음 užkimimas aizsmakums serak heesheid heshet ochrypły głos rouquidão răguşeală хрипловатость chrapot hripavost promuklost heshet ความแหบของเสียง kısıklık, boğukluk 沙啞 сухість خشکی sự khàn giọng 沙哑

adv huskily

hees بِبَحَّه дрезгаво chraplavě hæst; sløret heiser βραχνά roncamente, con voz ronca kähedalt بطور گرفته käheästi d'une voix enrouée בְּקוֹל צָרוּד कर्कश आवाज से promuklo rekedt/fátyolos hangon dengan serak rámum rómi con voce rauca かすれ声で 쉰 목소리로 kimiai aizsmakušā balsī dengan suara serak hees hest, rustent, grøtet ochryple roucamente răguşit хрипло chrapľavo hripavo promuklo hest ด้วยเสียงแหบ kısık/boğuk bir sesle 沙啞地 сипло خشک انداز میں khàn khàn 沙哑地

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husky²

n husky [ˈhaski]

a North American dog used for pulling sledges. poolhond, sleehond كَلْب الأسكيمو хъски eskymácký pes slædehund der Husky σκύλος ράτσας «χάσκι» perro esquimal laika سگ اسكيمو husky chien de traîneau כֶּלֶב הָאסקִי एस्किमो कुत्ता eskimski pas, haski eszkimókutya jenis anjing eskimóahundur, sleðahundur husky ハスキー犬 에스키모의 개 eskimų laika eskimosu suns sejenis anjing husky, poolhond grønlandshund, trekkhund pies ekimoski, husky cão de trenó câine) husky эскимосская лайка eskimácky pes eskimski pes haski eskimåhund, Siberian husky สุนัขลากเลื่อนของชาวเอสกิโม Eskimo köpeği 哈士奇雪橇狗 лайка شمالی امریکا میں برف گاڑی کھینچنے والا مضبوط کتا chó Exkimô 拖雪撬的爱斯基摩种狗