RIOT
Dictionary entry overview: What does riot mean?
• RIOT (noun)
The noun RIOT has 4 senses:
1. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
2. a state of disorder involving group violence
3. a joke that seems extremely funny
4. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Familiarity information: RIOT used as a noun is uncommon.
• RIOT (verb)
The verb RIOT has 2 senses:
1. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
2. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Familiarity information: RIOT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RIOT (noun)
Meaning:
A public act of violence by an unruly mob
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
public violence; riot
Hypernyms ("riot" is a kind of...):
force; violence (an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "riot"):
race riot (a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community)
Meaning:
A state of disorder involving group violence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
rioting; riot
Hypernyms ("riot" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Meaning:
A joke that seems extremely funny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
wow; thigh-slapper; sidesplitter; howler; belly laugh; scream; riot
Hypernyms ("riot" is a kind of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
Meaning:
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
debauch; debauchery; drunken revelry; bacchanalia; saturnalia; bacchanal; orgy; riot
Hypernyms ("riot" is a kind of...):
revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)
• RIOT (verb)
Meaning:
Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Students were rioting everywhere in 1968
Hypernyms (to "riot" is one way to...):
rampage (act violently, recklessly, or destructively)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
carouse; roister; riot
Context example:
They were out carousing last night
Hypernyms (to "riot" is one way to...):
jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; revel; wassail; whoop it up (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
