"riot" Definition

Definitions for the word "riot" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To spend or pass in riot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 a violent disturbance by a crowd of people. B (attrib.) Involved in suppressing riots (riot police). 2 loud uncontrolled revelry. 3 (foll. By of) lavish display or sensation (riot of colour and sound). 4 colloq. Very amusing thing or person. v. Make or engage in a riot. read the riot act act firmly to suppress insubordination; give warning.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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