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Riot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Riot? [n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [n] a public act of violence by an unruly mob [n] a joke that seems extremely funny [n] a state of disorder involving group violence [v] engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" [v] take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Riot: bacchanal \| bacchanalia \| belly laugh \| carouse \| debauch \| debauchery \| drunken revelry \| howler \| orgy \| public violence \| rioting \| roister \| saturnalia \| scream \| sidesplitter \| thigh-slapper \| wow Related Terms \| Find terms related to Riot: See Also \| disorder \| force \| gag \| jape \| jest \| joke \| jollify \| laugh \| make happy \| make merry \| make whoopie \| race riot \| racket \| rampage \| revel \| revel \| revelry \| violence \| wassail \| wheeze \| whoop it up \| yak Riot In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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. \Ri"ot\, v. t. To spend or pass in riot. [He] had rioted his life out. --Tennyson.

Riot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Riot?

[n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[n] a public act of violence by an unruly mob
[n] a joke that seems extremely funny
[n] a state of disorder involving group violence
[v] engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night"
[v] take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"

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Riot In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.


\Ri"ot\, v. t.
To spend or pass in riot.

      [He] had rioted his life out.            --Tennyson.

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