Riot - Definition
riot
n 1: a public act of violence by an unruly mob [syn: riot,
public violence]
2: a state of disorder involving group violence [syn: rioting,
riot]
3: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh,
sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow,
riot]
4: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
v 1: take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging
in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
2: engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out
carousing last night" [syn: carouse, roister, riot]