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riot

 
Noun riot has 4 senses
  1. riot, public violence - a public act of violence by an unruly mob
    --1 is a kind of violence, force
    --1 has particulars: race riot
    Derived form: verb riot1
  2. rioting, riot - a state of disorder involving group violence
    --2 is a kind of disorder
    Derived form: verb riot1
  3. belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot - a joke that seems extremely funny
    --3 is a kind of joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape
  4. orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
    --4 is a kind of revel, revelry
    Derived form: verb riot2
Verb riot has 2 senses
  1. riot - take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
    --1 is one way to
    rampage
    Derived forms: noun riot2, noun riot1, noun rioter1, noun rioting1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. carouse, roister, riot - engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night"
    --2 is one way to revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
    Derived form: noun riot4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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