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husky
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ adjective ] muscular and heavily built
Examples "a beefy wrestler" "had a tall burly frame" "clothing sizes for husky boys" "a strapping boy of eighteen" (`buirdly' is a Scottish term "a buirdly lad of twelve") Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The husky 6 - 3 , 205 - pound lefthander , was in command all_the_way before an on_the_scene audience of only 949 and countless of television viewers in the Denver area . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)`` Husky young_man '' , he said with mock distaste . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Eileen got_to dancing , just a_little tiny dancing step to a hummed tune that you could hardly notice , and trying to pick_up strange men , but each time I was ready to say to_hell_with_it and walk_out she 'd pull herself together and talk so understandingly in that sweet husky voice about the good times and the happiness we 'd had together and there I was back on_the_hook . |
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[ adjective ] deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Examples "gruff voices" "the dog's gruff barking" "hoarse cries" "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky:- Virgil Thomson Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
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