RAUNCHY Meaning of RAUNCHY in English adj. (raunchier, raunchiest) colloq. 1. coarse, earthy, boisterous; sexually provocative. 2 esp. US slovenly, grubby. Derivatives: raunchily adv. raunchiness n. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012