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What does hoarse mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hoarse? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
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He had shouted out the window until his voice had gone hoarse, which hadn't taken long.
I tried to sound in control and normal but all I could manage were hoarse croaks.
Her eyes widened and she wanted to scream, but her throat was suddenly dry and only a hoarse croak escaped her throat.
Deep within a nest cavity near the top of the tree, the pair's two chicks uttered hoarse coos, begging for food.
Arhen yelped, but his hoarse voice prevented him from saying anything above a whisper.
The fulvous whistling-duck's name comes from the hoarse whistling sound it makes and from its coloring.

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