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husky
adjective
noun
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- H
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- USK
- Scrabble score
- 15
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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adjective
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
“gruff voices”
adjective
muscular and heavily built
“a beefy wrestler”
noun
breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
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Example Sentences
gruff voices
the dog's gruff barking
hoarse cries
{'source': 'Virgil Thomson', 'text': 'makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky'}
a beefy wrestler
had a tall burly frame
clothing sizes for husky boys
a strapping boy of eighteen
‘buirdly’ is a Scottish term
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