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Meaning of 'riot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Riot [ n.]
- Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
- Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
- The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
2 . Riot [ v. i.]
- 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.
- To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
3 . Riot [ v. t.]
- To spend or pass in riot.

Meaning of 'riot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . riot [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
Example in sentence:
  • Students were rioting everywhere in 1968
Meaning (2):
- engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Example in sentence:
  • They were out carousing last night

Nearby Words:

rioted rioter rioting riotise riotour riotous riotry

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