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raunch
(rônch, ränch)n. Slang
1. Lewdness; vulgarity; obscenity.
2. Material or a performance that is sexually explicit or evocative: "Audiences are still astonished when she goes for the raunch" (Katrine Ames).
[Back-formation from raunchy.]
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raunch
(rɔːntʃ)n
1. lack of polish or refinement; crudeness
2. chiefly US slovenliness or untidiness
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raunch
(rônch, ränch),
n.
1. smuttiness; vulgarity.
adj. 2. using or characterized by raunch; vulgar: raunch radio.
[1955–60, Amer.; back formation from raunchy]
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Noun | 1. | raunch - the quality of lacking taste and refinement inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
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raunch
noun1. Slang. The quality or state of being obscene:
bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, obscenity, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, scurrilousness, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness.
Slang: raunchiness.
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