Synonyms
Examples of husky in a Sentence
Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Known for her husky voice, gaudy sequined dresses, blonde wigs and risqué performances, Bacallao thrilled audiences at Tropicana and other legendary Havana nightspots.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
Armed with just her guitar and her husky contralto voice, Chapman won over stadium audiences that had come largely to hear Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2024
Two of the dogs belonged to Mark Alan’s neighbor, who told the outlet that the dogs are a husky and a German shepherd mix.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
Soon you’ll be whisked on a sled pulled by a team of exuberant huskies for the ride of a lifetime.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
Then Austin Butler approached him, eager to compliment Friend’s recent Elvis impression as Friend broke into song in the actor’s husky drawl.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Passengers can fly on sleds led by huskies, ogle bald eagles and salmon-gobbling grizzlies, and soar over towering glaciers in a helicopter.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
As a result, shelters are teeming not only with the kinds of dogs that people might imagine, like large-breed mutts and pit bulls; but also huskies, French bulldogs and designer dogs.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
As a child, Zac was bright and quirky, with curly red hair and a voice that was husky and surprisingly deep.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era, to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco and finally to the modern cabaret circuit, died on Jan. 19.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Alcoholic beverages will include $6 light draft beers, the Wolverine bite drink of Corazon Blanco, blue curacao, lime juice, simple syrup, and lemonade, and the husky hooch drink of Wheatley Vodka, Creme de Violette, lime juice, simple syrup lemonade.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2024
Started working out on my magical arts and evolved from a skinny boy to a husky man.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
Animal at large: Greenbriar Drive On July 19, police were dispatched to a Greenbriar Drive address regarding a husky dog running loose in the area.
—John Benson, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
The 19-year-old Brooklyn drill artist known as Pop Smoke took the sonic template from Chief Keef nearly a decade earlier, but added his own deep, husky intonations for a one-of-a-kind spin on the sound.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Editor’s picks Of the twelve soldiers Grey passed along, Schwarzman chose six husky U.S. Marines with blond hair and blue eyes, six feet tall and over.
—Scott Johnson, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
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Word History
Adjective (1)
probably from husk huskiness, from obsolete husk to have a dry cough
Noun (1)
shortening of Huskemaw, Uskemaw Eskimo, from Cree aškime·w; akin to Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo — more at eskimo
Adjective (2)
probably from husk entry 1
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Cite this Entry
“Husky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/husky. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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husky
1 of 3 adjectivehusky
2 of 3 nounAdjective
probably derived from an obsolete sense of husk, meaning "to have a dry cough"
Noun
probably an altered form of Huskemaw, Uskemaw "Eskimo," from Cree aškime·w (same meaning)
Adjective
probably from husk "a hard outer covering"
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