husky

Adjective

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
  • gruff voices
    
  • the dog's gruff barking
    
  • hoarse cries
    
  • makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson
    

• muscular and heavily built
  • a beefy wrestler
    
  • had a tall burly frame
    
  • clothing sizes for husky boys
    
  • a strapping boy of eighteen
    
  • `buirdly' is a Scottish term
    

Noun

• breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gruff , hoarse , beefy , burly , strapping , buirdly , Eskimo dog