单词 | raunch |
释义 | raunchn. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. U.S. (chiefly Military). Shabbiness, dirtiness, grubbiness. Chiefly in raunch cap n. historical a military cap worn in an intentionally dirty state or slipshod manner to suggest the extensive battle experience of its wearer. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness squalor1621 sorditude1623 sordidness1656 squalidity1668 squalidness1727 frowziness1729 sordor1823 seediness1832 fluffiness1860 grubbiness1866 crumbiness1949 raunch1952 scruffiness1974 grunginess1978 scuzziness1980 grottiness1984 1952 J. E. Wylie Face to Face 17 The good-natured insults, the snafu and raunch and buddy-buddy and ‘Screw 'em all, the long and the short and the tall’, and ‘Gee, Mom, I wanna go home’. It was suddenly this afternoon no longer seemly. 1954 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 25 Aug. 6/3 The ‘sonic boom’ as the phenomenon came to be known, became a proud new part of the Air Force, akin to the ‘raunch’ cap of World War II. 1967 Time 18 Aug. 63 Calvin Coolidge High is an actual Manhattan school building, its rust and raunch unretouched for the camera. 1968 A. Coppel Order of Battle 42 He pushed his raunch cap back on his head and stood surveying us. 2. Coarseness, vulgarity, smut; energetic earthiness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity filthOE harlotryc1384 filthiness?1504 brothelry?1526 lewdness1578 obscenity1589 obscenousness1591 spurcity1608 obscenenessa1637 bawdiness1731 priapism1758 nast1789 hircosity1873 raunch1957 raunchiness1962 sluttiness1972 slackness1980 1957 Coe Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 17 Jan. 2/3 You can't even fill a raunch column [sc. a gossip column in a newspaper] with raunch. 1971 H. Gold Magic Will 51 New York is a dream of power, abstract, a head-city, despite the smells of raunch,the luxuries of women, food, drink, and art. 1978 Maclean's 4 Dec. 65/1 The result is a 200,000-word flop, in which raunch doesn't work and the highfalutin philosophy sinks without a trace. 1990 Rolling Stone 12 July 35/4 They were able to keep the attitude and raunch intact. 2006 The Word July 97/1 There's certainly more suggestion than raunch here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raunchv. colloquial (originally North American). transitive. With up. To make more lively or sexually provocative; to make raunchy. to raunch it up: (of a person) to behave in a sexy or raunchy manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > make lively alacriate1560 spright1611 to fig up1810 to funk up1972 raunch1976 to funk out1995 1976 Los Angeles Times 22 Feb. (Calendar section) 2/2 It would have been facile to raunch it up ‘Mandingo’ fashion. 1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Dec. Cockburn donning a floppy fedora to raunch it up on stage. 1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 June 18/4 She tried all night to raunch up her image—showing a flash of thigh through the slit in her..dress. 1997 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 30 Aug. Some fans would like to raunch things up a bit. 2003 Sneak 2 Sept. 6/2 Beyoncé writhed around him sexily and he raunched it up big time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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