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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
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