/ ˈhʌski; NAmE / adjective , noun
■ adjective ( husk·ier , husk·iest )
1.
( of a person or their voice ) sounding deep, quiet and rough, sometimes in an attractive way :
She spoke in a husky whisper.
2.
( NAmE ) ( of a man ) big, strong and sexually attractive
► husk·ily adverb
► huski·ness noun [ U ]
■ noun
( NAmE also huskie ) ( pl. -ies ) a large strong dog with thick hair, used for pulling sledges across snow
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WORD ORIGIN
noun mid 19th cent. (originally denoting the Eskimo language or an Eskimo): abbreviation of obsolete Ehuskemay or Newfoundland dialect Huskemaw Eskimo (see Eskimo ). The term replaced the 18th-cent. term Eskimo dog .