Dictionary definition · riot
noun
- a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- a state of disorder involving group violence
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
verb
- take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot"Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
- engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking"They were out carousing last night"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).