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husk⋅y

1  [huhs-kee] adjective, husk⋅i⋅er, husk⋅i⋅est. noun, plural husk⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. big and strong; burly.
2. (of the voice) having a semiwhispered vocal tone; somewhat hoarse, as when speaking with a cold or from grief or passion.
3. like, covered with, or full of husks.
4. made in a size meant for the larger or heavier than average boy: size 18 husky pants.
5. for, pertaining to, or wearing clothing in this size: the husky department; husky boys.
–noun
6. a size of garments meant for the larger or heavier than average boy.
Origin:
1545–55; husk + -y 1

Related forms:
husk⋅i⋅ly, adverb
husk⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. robust, brawny, strapping. 2. harsh, gruff, rasping, throaty.
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husk⋅y

2  [huhs-kee]
–noun, plural husk⋅ies. Informal.
a big, strong person.
Origin:
1865–70; n. use of husky 1 , with the suffix taken as -y 2

husk⋅y

3  [huhs-kee]
–noun, plural husk⋅ies. (sometimes initial capital letter)
1. Eskimo dog.
2. Siberian Husky.
3. Canadian Slang.
a. an Inuit.
b. the language of the Inuit.
Origin:
1870–75; by ellipsis from husky dog, husky breed; cf. Newfoundland and Labrador dial. Husky a Labrador Inuit, earlier Huskemaw, Uskemaw, ult. < the same Algonquian source as Eskimo

Eskimo dog

 
–noun
1. one of a breed of strong, medium-sized dogs having a dense, coarse coat, used in arctic regions for hunting and pulling sleds.
2. any dog of the arctic regions of North America used for pulling sleds.
Also called husky.

Origin:
1865–75
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husk·y 1   (hŭs'kē)   
adj.   husk·i·er, husk·i·est

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

    1. Resembling a husk.

    2. Containing husks.


[From husk.]
husk'i·ly adv.
husk·y 2   (hŭs'kē)   
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.

[Perhaps from husk.]
hus·ky 3 also hus·kie   (hŭs'kē)   
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.


[Probably from shortening and alteration of Eskimo.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
husky [ˈhəski]

  1. n.
    a strong man; a thug. : A couple of huskies helped me get my car unstuck.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

husky  (1)
"hoarse," c.1722 in reference to a cattle disease (of persons, 1740), from the notion of "dry as a husk;" sense of "tough and strong," is first found 1869 Amer.Eng., on analogy of corn husks.

husky  (2)
"Eskimo dog," 1852, Canadian Eng., earlier (1830) hoskey "an Eskimo," shortened variant of Ehuskemay (1743), itself a variant of Eskimo.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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