Definition of "hoarse" []

• Rough or grating in sound: a hoarse cry. (adjective)
• Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice: yelled ourselves hoarse. (adjective)

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• "His voice hoarse from a brewing head cold, he has gone from Oregon to Washington to California to Nevada."
• "He threw his head back and opened his mouth and the laughter came up in hoarse, loud hoots."
• "It had not escaped him that his opponent was breathing in short, hoarse gasps, like a man who is dizzy with fatigue."