"husky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhʌs.ki/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-husky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: huskier [comparative], huskiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌski Etymology: From husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk". Etymology templates: {{suf|en|husk|y|id2=adjectival}} husk + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)
  1. (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding. Translations (hoarse and rough-sounding): дрезгав (drezgav) (Bulgarian), прегракнал (pregraknal) (Bulgarian), ronc [masculine] (Catalan), 沙啞 (Chinese Mandarin), 沙哑 (shāyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 嘶啞 (Chinese Mandarin), 嘶哑 (sīyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), käheä (Finnish), rauque (French), enroué (French), rouco (Galician), heiser (German), βραχνός (vrachnós) (Greek), rekedt (Hungarian), fátyolos (Hungarian), rámur (Icelandic), しゃがれた (shagareta) (Japanese), enroué (Norman), enrouquecido (Portuguese), rouco (Portuguese), хри́плый (xríplyj) (Russian), си́плый (síplyj) (Russian), охри́пший (oxrípšij) (Russian), оси́плый (osíplyj) (Russian), hrapav (Serbo-Croatian), mukao (Serbo-Croatian), ronco (Spanish), rauco [masculine] (Spanish), aguardentoso [masculine] (Spanish), aguardientoso [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), afónico [masculine] (Spanish), enronquecido [masculine] (Spanish), hes (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-husky-en-adj-j4S8tz80 Disambiguation of 'hoarse and rough-sounding': 94 2 1 2 1
  2. (US, euphemistic) Burly, stout. Tags: US, euphemistic Categories (topical): Obesity Translations (burly, thick; fat, overweight): як (jak) (Bulgarian), мощен (mošten) (Bulgarian), vankka (Finnish), stämmig (German), pummelig (German), nagydarab (Hungarian), robusztus (Hungarian), tagbaszakadt (Hungarian), tenyeres-talpas (Hungarian), доро́дный (doródnyj) (Russian), potkožen (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-husky-en-adj-umI18FhR Disambiguation of Obesity: 1 33 4 15 29 17 Categories (other): American English, English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 34 15 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 30 8 21 21 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 5 38 14 24 20 Disambiguation of 'burly, thick; fat, overweight': 3 83 5 5 5
  3. (US) A modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-husky-en-adj-dbAhijR2 Categories (other): American English
  4. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-husky-en-adj-Z~ovVmm4 Disambiguation of Obesity: 1 33 4 15 29 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 34 15 31
  5. (slang, archaic) Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative. Tags: archaic, slang Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-husky-en-adj-SSa0BMuN Disambiguation of Obesity: 1 33 4 15 29 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 34 15 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: huskily, huskiness
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌs.ki/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-husky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: huskies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌski Etymology: Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|moe|-}} Montagnais, {{m|en|Eskimo}} Eskimo Head templates: {{en-noun}} husky (plural huskies)
  1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs. Categories (topical): Obesity Categories (lifeform): Dogs Synonyms: huskie, polar dog Derived forms: Mackenzie River husky Related terms: Husky (english: an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language) [dated], Eskimo Translations (any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs): хъски (hǎski) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 哈士奇 (hāshìqí) (Chinese Mandarin), 二哈 (èrhā) [humorous, slang] (Chinese Mandarin), ĥaskio (Esperanto), husky (Finnish), husky [masculine] (French), Husky [masculine] (German), Polarhund [masculine] (German), χάσκυ (chásky) (Greek), huscaí [masculine] (Irish), husky (Italian), ハスキー犬 (hasukī-ken) (Japanese), ハスキー (hasukī) (Japanese), хаски (haski) [neuter] (Macedonian), huski (Malay), husky [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), husky [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), husky [masculine] (Polish), husky [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), эскимо́сская ла́йка (eskimósskaja lájka) [feminine] (Russian), ха́ски (xáski) [feminine] (Russian), haski (Serbo-Croatian), husky (Spanish), hysgi [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-husky-en-noun-G49qlNG4 Disambiguation of Obesity: 1 33 4 15 29 17 Disambiguation of Dogs: 3 18 4 19 17 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 34 15 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "huskie"
    },
    {
      "word": "polar dog"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hǎski",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хъски"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hāshìqí",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "哈士奇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èrhā",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "二哈"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "ĥaskio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Polarhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chásky",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "χάσκυ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huscaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hasukī-ken",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "ハスキー犬"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hasukī",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "ハスキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "haski",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хаски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "huski"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eskimósskaja lájka",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эскимо́сская ла́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xáski",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́ски"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "haski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "word": "husky"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hysgi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "husky"
}

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