Definition of Riot

Noun: riot  rI-ut

  1. A public act of violence by an unruly mob
    - public violence
     
  2. A state of disorder involving group violence
    - rioting
     
  3. A joke that seems extremely funny
    - belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow
     
  4. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
    - orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
Verb: riot  rI-ut
  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 rioting last night";
    - carouse, roister

See also:
riojas
rioted

Anagrams containing the word riot

roit trio otri iotr