English dictionary
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English noun: riot | |||
| 1. | riot (act) a public act of violence by an unruly mob | ||
| Synonyms | public violence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, violence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | race riot | ||
| 2. | riot (state) a state of disorder involving group violence | ||
| Synonyms | rioting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disorder | ||
| 3. | riot (communication) a joke that seems extremely funny | ||
| Synonyms | belly laugh, howler, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | ||
| 4. | riot (act) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | ||
| Synonyms | bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, saturnalia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | revel, revelry | ||
English verb: riot | |||
| 1. | riot (social) take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot | ||
| Samples | Students were rioting everywhere in 1968. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rampage | ||
| 2. | riot (social) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | ||
| Samples | They were out carousing last night. | ||
| Synonyms | carouse, roister | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up | ||
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