HUSKY
What does "HUSKY" mean?
Of a voice, low and slightly hoarse; or a powerfully built sled dog of the Arctic.
Meanings
- Sounding low, rough, and slightly hoarse. Her husky voice carried over the smoky bar.
- Big and strongly built; burly. They needed a husky volunteer to move the piano.
- A thick-coated Arctic dog bred to pull sleds. A team of huskies hauled the supplies across the ice.
Did you know?
- In 1925, relay teams of sled dogs raced diphtheria antitoxin nearly 700 miles across frozen Alaska to Nome - the 'Great Race of Mercy' that the Iditarod and the New York statue of the dog Balto still honor.
Word origin
The 'hoarse' and 'burly' senses come from 'husk', the dry outer shell of a seed; the dog and the people-name 'Husky' derive separately from 'Esky', a clipped form of Eskimo.
Remember it
A HUSKY voice is dry as a HUSK; the HUSKY dog just borrowed the spelling on a different trail.
A little poem
Blue-eyed in the snow,
one howl frosting in the air -
the sled waits, harnessed.
haiku
Wordplay
- My husky has a husky voice when he howls. One word, two kinds of rough - the dog and the throat.
What it teaches
A single sound can name a dry seed coat, a worn-out throat, and a dog of the snow - the world reuses its words like good rope.
Quick facts
What does HUSKY mean?
Of a voice, low and slightly hoarse; or a powerfully built sled dog of the Arctic.
Is HUSKY a valid word?
Yes — HUSKY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HUSKY?
HUSKY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HUSKY come from?
The 'hoarse' and 'burly' senses come from 'husk', the dry outer shell of a seed; the dog and the people-name 'Husky' derive separately from 'Esky', a clipped form of Eskimo.
What can HUSKY teach us?
A single sound can name a dry seed coat, a worn-out throat, and a dog of the snow - the world reuses its words like good rope.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.