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 1968"
2: engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out
carousing last night" [syn: {carouse}, {roister}]