raunch
pronunciation
How to pronounce raunch in British English: UK [rɔ:ntʃ]
How to pronounce raunch in American English: US ['rɔntʃ]
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- Noun:
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Word Origin
- raunch (n.)
- 1963 (in "Billboard," describing lead guitar on surf music tracks), back-formation from raunchy. There was a singing group in U.S. c. 1960 called the Raunch Hands.