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ENGLISH: riot - CREOLE: atroupman

Overview of noun riot

The noun riot has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) riot, public violence -- (a public act of violence by an unruly mob)

2. rioting, riot -- (a state of disorder involving group violence)

3. belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot -- (a joke that seems extremely funny)

4. orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry -- (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)

Overview of verb riot

The verb riot has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)

1. riot -- (take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968")

2. carouse, roister, riot -- (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night")