riot meaning and definition

RIOT noun

Definition of riot (noun)

1. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
   • synonyms: public violence
2. a state of disorder involving group violence
   • synonyms: rioting
3. a joke that seems extremely funny
   • synonyms: belly laugh, howler, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow
4. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
   • synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, saturnalia

RIOT verb

Definition of riot (verb)

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 carousing last night"
   • synonyms: carouse, roister