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English Dictionary: riot	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for riot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riot n a public act of violence by an unruly mob [syn: riot, public violence] a state of disorder involving group violence Synonym(s): rioting, riot a joke that seems extremely funny Synonym(s): belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry v 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" Synonym(s): carouse, roister, riot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Riot \Ri"ot\, n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.] 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. His headstrong riot hath no curb. --Shak. 2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry. Venus loveth riot and dispense. --Chaucer. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope. 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. {To run riot}, to act wantonly or without restraint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See {Riot}, n., 3. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Riot \Ri"ot\, v. t. To spend or pass in riot. [He] had rioted his life out. --Tennyson.