Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, riot, saturnalia, drunken revelry, debauch, debauchery, orgy
Definition: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Synonyms: riot, public violence
Definition: a public act of violence by an unruly mob
Similar words: violence, force
Definition: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
Usage: he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Synonyms: thigh-slapper, scream, sidesplitter, howler, riot, belly laugh, wow
Definition: a joke that seems extremely funny
Similar words: gag, jape, jest, laugh, joke
Definition: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Usage: he told a very funny joke; he knows a million gags; thanks for the laugh; he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest; even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Definition: a state of disorder involving group violence
Similar words: disorder
Definition: a disturbance of the peace or of public order
Synonyms: riot, roister, carouse
Definition: engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Usage: They were out carousing last night
Similar words: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, revel, racket, wassail, whoop it up
Definition: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
Usage: The members of the wedding party made merry all night; Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!
Synonyms: riot
Definition: take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
Usage: Students were rioting everywhere in 1968
Similar words: rampage
Definition: act violently, recklessly, or destructively