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Definition of Riot
1. Verb. Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot. "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
2. Noun. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
Generic synonyms: Force, Violence
Specialized synonyms: Race Riot
Derivative terms: Riotous
3. Verb. Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. "They were out carousing last night"
Generic synonyms: Jollify, Make Happy, Make Merry, Make Whoopie, Racket, Revel, Wassail, Whoop It Up
Derivative terms: Carousal, Carouse, Carouser, Roisterer
4. Noun. A state of disorder involving group violence.
5. Noun. A joke that seems extremely funny.
Generic synonyms: Gag, Jape, Jest, Joke, Laugh
Derivative terms: Howl
6. Noun. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
Generic synonyms: Revel, Revelry
Derivative terms: Bacchanal, Bacchanalian, Debauch, Debauch, Orgiastic, Orgiastic, Riotous
Definition of Riot
1. n. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
2. v. i. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
3. v. t. To spend or pass in riot.
Definition of Riot
1. Noun. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. ¹
2. Noun. Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry. ¹
3. Noun. The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. ¹
4. Verb. To create or take part in a riot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riot
1. to take part in a violent public disturbance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Riot
1. 1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess. "Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law." (Daniel) "No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows." (Pope) 2. To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot. Origin: OF. Rioter; cf. OD. Ravotten. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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