Husky Meaning
/ˈhʌs.ki/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
adjOf a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
Sentence Examples
My dog is an Alaskan malamute, not a husky.
The Siberian Husky has herded reindeer in Siberia for thousands of years.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After shouting all day at the game, his voice became ____ and he could barely speak.
Word Origin & History
From husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these were points against him, but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him."
— 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 25:
"Her voice was boy-husky, sounding as though strained through some rough material ..."
— 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:
"You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]"
— 1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads:
"Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]"
— 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22:
"Some swains have sown before: but most have found
A husky harvest from the grudging ground."
— 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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After shouting all day at the game, his voice became ____ and he could barely speak.