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riot
n 1: a public act of violence by an unruly mob [syn: public violence] 2: a state of disorder involving group violence [syn: rioting] 3: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow] 4: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, 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 1999" 2: engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" [syn: carouse, roister]
n 1: a public act of violence by an unruly mob [syn: public violence] 2: a state of disorder involving group violence [syn: rioting] 3: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow] 4: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, 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 1999" 2: engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" [syn: carouse, roister]