'Riot' definitions:

Definition of 'riot'

From: WordNet
noun
A public act of violence by an unruly mob [syn: riot, public violence]
noun
A state of disorder involving group violence [syn: rioting, riot]
noun
A joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot]
noun
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
verb
Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
verb
Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" [syn: carouse, roister, riot]

Definition of 'Riot'

From: GCIDE
  • Riot \Ri"ot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rioting.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
  • No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Riot'

From: GCIDE
  • Riot \Ri"ot\, v. t. To spend or pass in riot. [1913 Webster]
  • [He] had rioted his life out. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Riot'

From: GCIDE
  • Riot \Ri"ot\, n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.]
  • 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. [1913 Webster]
  • His headstrong riot hath no curb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry. [1913 Webster]
  • Venus loveth riot and dispense. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. [1913 Webster]
  • To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'riot'

From: Moby Thesaurus