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raunch  audio  (rônch, ränch) KEY  

NOUN:
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).
ETYMOLOGY:
Back-formation from raunchy


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