"husky" in the noun sense
1. Eskimo dog, husky
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
"husky" in the adjective sense
1. 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. 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
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