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Meaning of riot

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  riot
      n 1: a public act of violence by an unruly mob [syn: {riot},
           {public violence}]
      2: a state of disorder involving group violence [syn: {rioting},
         {riot}]
      3: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: {belly laugh},
         {sidesplitter}, {howler}, {thigh-slapper}, {scream}, {wow},
         {riot}]
      4: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
         [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {debauchery}, {saturnalia}, {riot},
         {bacchanal}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]
      v 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" [syn: {carouse}, {roister}, {riot}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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