Definitions for riot

Definitions for (noun) riot

Main entry: bacchanal, bacchanalia, riot, saturnalia, drunken revelry, debauch, debauchery, orgy

Definition: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity


Main entry: riot, public violence

Definition: a public act of violence by an unruly mob


Main entry: thigh-slapper, scream, sidesplitter, howler, riot, belly laugh, wow

Definition: a joke that seems extremely funny


Main entry: riot, rioting

Definition: a state of disorder involving group violence


Definitions for (verb) riot

Main entry: riot, roister, carouse

Definition: engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

Usage: They were out carousing last night


Main entry: riot

Definition: take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot

Usage: Students were rioting everywhere in 1968


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