riot (
http://definr.com/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]