Thesaurus: riot

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1. n. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
2. n. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
3. n. The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
4. 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.
5. v. i. To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
6. v. t. To spend or pass in riot.
7. n. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
8. n. a state of disorder involving group violence
9. n. a joke that seems extremely funny
10. n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
11. v. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
12. v. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking