1. (

• Eskimo_dog ,
• husky

) breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog ;

1. (

• beefy ,
• burly ,
• husky ,
• strapping ,
• buirdly

) 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" ;

2. (

• gruff ,
• hoarse ,
• husky

) 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 ;