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Definition of "musky" []

  • Of, relating to, or having the odor of musk. (adjective)
  • Variant of muskie. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "musky" in a sentence
  • "Don't let your small pets swim in musky or giant pike country."
  • "Bob was never stinky per se, but he had a certain musky quality about him."
  • "A little farther on the air is musky from the crowded minarets of the horse chestnut – white marble splashed with rose – where the bumble bee drones."