raunchy

[rawn-chee, rahn-] /ˈrɔn tʃi, ˈrɑn-/
adjective, raunchier, raunchiest. Informal.
1.
vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene:
a raunchy joke.
2.
dirty; slovenly; grubby.
3.
lecherous.
Origin
1935-40, Americanism; origin uncertain
Related forms
raunchily, adverb
raunchiness, noun
Examples from the web for raunchy
  • The setting also allows the book to transcend its occasional raunchy extremes.
  • The raunchy comedian pumps her guns in a hot pink, low-cut gown.
  • It is hardly shocking that teenagers at a sleepover party would engage in raunchy behavior.
  • He was out late, feels raunchy, and didn't get his reports finished last week.
  • It was pretty raunchy and--or a negative, and it would go around the base.
  • Onstage she's ever forthright: raunchy or plaintive, insolent or exalted, underlining her tone with well-timed gestures.
British Dictionary definitions for raunchy

raunchy

/ˈrɔːntʃɪ/
adjective (slang) -chier, -chiest
1.
openly sexual; lusty; earthy
2.
(mainly US) slovenly or untidy
Derived Forms
raunchily, adverb
raunchiness, noun
Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin
Word Origin and History for raunchy
adj.

1939, "clumsy, careless, sloppy," U.S. Army Air Corps slang, of unknown origin. Origins among cadets in Texas suggest possible connection to Mexican Spanish rancho (see ranch (n.)), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864. Sense of "coarse, vulgar, smutty" is from 1967. Related: Raunchiness.

Slang definitions & phrases for raunchy

raunchy

adjective
  1. Sloppy; slovenly; careless: depending on how good or how ''raunchy'' we were (1939+)
  2. (also rotchy) Inferior; cheap; crummy, grungy: my raunchy old jeans (1950+ Teenagers)
  3. Vulgar; salacious; dirty: In the beginning there was Playboy, then came raunchy Penthouse (1967+)

[origin uncertain; the pronunciation and the early currency among aviation cadets in Texas suggest a possible origin in Spanish rancho, ''ranch,'' found by 1857, and called by 1864 ''a place of evil report''; a ranch, of course, may be regarded as a place of animal filth, odors, etc]