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 Definitions of riot  [ˈraɪ ət]  

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Definition of 'riot' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) riot
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons.

2.  riot
Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a violent or tumultuous manner.

3.  riot
violent or wild disorder or confusion.

4.  riot
a profuse or unrestrained outpouring, display, etc., as of emotions or phenomena.

5.  riot
something or someone hilariously funny:
You were a riot at the party.

6.  riot
unrestrained revelry.

7.  riot
loose, wanton living; profligacy.

8. (v.i.) riot
to take part in a violent public disorder or disturbance.

9.  riot
to live in a loose or wanton manner; indulge in unrestrained revelry.

10. (v.t.) riot
to spend (money, time, etc.) in riotous living (usu. fol. by away or out).

11.  riot
to behave with wild abandon.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; (n.) debauchery, revel < OF riot(e) debate, quarrel; (v.) ME < OF rihoter, to quarrel)

Definition of 'riot' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) riot, public violence
a public act of violence by an unruly mob

2. (noun) rioting, riot
a state of disorder involving group violence

3. (noun) belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot
a joke that seems extremely funny

4. (verb) orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

5. (verb) riot
take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
"Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"

6. (verb) carouse, roister, riot
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
"They were out carousing last night"


Definition of 'riot' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) riot
an occasion when a crowd becomes violent
The political rally turned into a riot.; protesters rioting in the streets


Definition of 'riot' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) riot
wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult

2. (noun) riot
excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry

3. (noun) riot
the tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object

4. (verb) riot
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

5. (verb) riot
to disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3

6. (verb) riot
to spend or pass in riot


Translation of 'riot' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a noisy disturbance created by a usually large group of people
The protest march developed into a riot.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oproer Arabic flag Arabic: شَغَب، صَخَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: размирица
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rixa / tumulto Czech flag Czech: pouliční bouře German flag German: der Aufruhr
Danish flag Danish: optøjer Greek flag Greek: ταραχή, αναστάτωση Spanish flag Spanish: disturbio, motín
Estonian flag Estonian: mäss, rahutus Farsi flag Farsi: آشوب؛ بلوا Finnish flag Finnish: mellakka
French flag French: émeute Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְהוּמָה Hindi flag Hindi: दंगा
Croatian flag Croatian: gaLAma, strka Hungarian flag Hungarian: lázadás Indonesian flag Indonesian: huru-hara
Icelandic flag Icelandic: uppþot Italian flag Italian: baccano Japanese flag Japanese: 暴動
Korean flag Korean: 폭동 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: riaušės, šėlsmas Latvian flag Latvian: dumpis; nemieri; jukas
Malay flag Malay: kekacauan Dutch flag Dutch: rel Norwegian flag Norwegian: opptøyer, oppstandelse
Polish flag Polish: rozruchy Persian flag Persian: آشوب؛ بلوا Pashto flag Pashto: اله ګوله ،چورچپاو، بلوا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rixa Romanian flag Romanian: răzmeriţă; răs­coală Russian flag Russian: беспорядки
Slovak flag Slovak: nepokoje Slovenian flag Slovenian: izgred Serbian flag Serbian: pobuna
Swedish flag Swedish: upplopp, kravaller Thai flag Thai: การก่อความไม่สงบ Turkish flag Turkish: ayaklanma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 暴動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бунт Urdu flag Urdu: ہنگامہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cuộc bạo loạn Chinese flag Chinese: 暴动,闹事骚扰

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