Husky humour? (5)
I believe the answer is:
chaff
'husky humour?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
This is all the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chaff that I've seen before include "shells" , "Laugh at" , "Tease in good-humoured way" , "Refuse - banter" , "Refuse from threshing" .)