Definitions for husky
Overview of noun husky
The noun husky has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Eskimo dog, husky
(breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog)
Overview of adj husky
The adj husky has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly
(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")
2. (1) gruff, hoarse, 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)
