| riot | | |
| n. (act) | 1. public violence, riot | a public act of violence by an unruly mob. |
| ~ violence, force | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists).; "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" |
| ~ race riot | a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community. |
| n. (state) | 2. riot, rioting | a state of disorder involving group violence. |
| ~ disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order. |
| n. (communication) | 3. belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow | a joke that seems extremely funny. |
| ~ gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" |
| n. (act) | 4. bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. |
| ~ revel, revelry | unrestrained merrymaking. |
| v. (social) | 5. riot | take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot.; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" |
| ~ rampage | act violently, recklessly, or destructively. |
| v. (social) | 6. carouse, riot, roister | engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.; "They were out carousing last night" |
| ~ jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, wassail, whoop it up, revel | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" |
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