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ri·ot
(rī′ət)n.
1. A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.
2. Law A violent disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled for a common purpose.
3. An unrestrained outbreak, as of laughter or passions.
4. A profusion: The garden was a riot of colors in August.
5.
a. Unrestrained merrymaking; revelry.
b. Debauchery.
6. Slang An irresistibly funny person or thing: Isn't she a riot?
v. ri·ot·ed, ri·ot·ing, ri·ots
v.intr.
1. To take part in a riot.
2. To live wildly or engage in uncontrolled revelry.
v.tr.
To waste (money or time) in wild or wanton living: "rioted his life out, and made an end" (Tennyson).
[Middle English, from Old French, dispute, from rioter, to quarrel, perhaps from ruire, to roar, from Latin rūgīre.]
ri′ot·er n.
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riot
(ˈraɪət)n
1.
a. a disturbance made by an unruly mob or (in law) three or more persons; tumult or uproar
b. (as modifier): a riot gun; riot police; a riot shield.
2. boisterous activity; unrestrained revelry
3. an occasion of boisterous merriment
4. slang a person who occasions boisterous merriment
5. a dazzling or arresting display: a riot of colour.
6. (Hunting) hunting the indiscriminate following of any scent by hounds
7. archaic wanton lasciviousness
8. run riot
a. to behave wildly and without restraint
b. (of plants) to grow rankly or profusely
vb
9. (intr) to take part in a riot
10. (intr) to indulge in unrestrained revelry or merriment
11. (foll by: away) to spend (time or money) in wanton or loose living: he has rioted away his life.
[C13: from Old French riote dispute, from ruihoter to quarrel, probably from ruir to make a commotion, from Latin rugīre to roar]
ˈrioter n
ˈrioting n
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ri•ot
(ˈraɪ ət)n.
1. a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons.
2. Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a violent or tumultuous manner.
3. violent or wild disorder or confusion.
4. a profuse or unrestrained outpouring, display, etc., as of emotions or phenomena.
5. something or someone hilariously funny: You were a riot at the party.
6. unrestrained revelry.
7. loose, wanton living; profligacy.
v.i. 8. to take part in a violent public disorder or disturbance.
9. to live in a loose or wanton manner; indulge in unrestrained revelry.
v.t. 10. to spend (money, time, etc.) in riotous living (usu. fol. by away or out).
Idioms: run riot, to behave with wild abandon.
[1175–1225; (n.) debauchery, revel < Old French riot(e) debate, quarrel; (v.) Middle English < Old French rihoter, to quarrel]
ri′ot•er, n.
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Riot
an unrestrained outburst; an uncontrollable company or assemblage of persons, 1400.Examples: riot of laughter; of Romans, 1400; of students—Madden; of words.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
riot
Past participle: rioted
Gerund: rioting
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| Noun | 1. |  riot - a public act of violence by an unruly mobviolence, force - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" race riot - a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community |
| 2. |  riot - a state of disorder involving group violencedisorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order | |
| 3. |  riot - a joke that seems extremely funny | |
| 4. |  riot - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | |
| Verb | 1. | riot - take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" rampage - act violently, recklessly, or destructively |
| 2. | riot - engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, wassail, whoop it up, revel - celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" |
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riot
noun
1. disturbance, row, disorder, confusion, turmoil, quarrel, upheaval, fray, strife, uproar, turbulence, commotion, lawlessness, street fighting, tumult, donnybrook, mob violence Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot.
verb
1. rampage, take to the streets, run riot, run amok, run wild, go on the rampage, fight in the streets, cause an affray, raise an uproar They rioted in protest against the government.
run riot
1. rampage, go wild, be out of control, raise hell, let yourself go, break or cut loose, throw off all restraint Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail.
2. grow profusely, burgeon, luxuriate, spread like wildfire, grow like weeds Virginia creeper ran riot up the walls.
Quotations
"A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard" [Martin Luther King Jr Where Do We Go From Here?]
"A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard" [Martin Luther King Jr Where Do We Go From Here?]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
riot
nounverb
To behave riotously:
Informal: hell (around).
riot away
To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:
Slang: blow.
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Translations
dělat výtržnostipouliční bouřevýtržnosti
gøre oprørlave optøjeroprøroptøjer
mellakkamellakoida
pobunapobuniti
taka òátt í uppòotiuppòot
暴動暴動を起こす
폭동폭동을 일으키다
kelti riaušesriaušininkassiautulingaisiautulingassiautulingumas
ārdītiesdumpisjukasnemieriplosīties
robiť výtržnosti
izgredrazgrajati
ställa till upploppupplopp
ก่อการจลาจลการจลาจล
ayaklanmaayaklanmakbaşkaldırmak
nổi loạnsự náo loạn
riot
[ˈraɪət]A. N
1. (= uprising) → disturbio m, motín m; (in prison) → amotinamiento m, sublevación f
there was nearly a riot → hubo casi un motín
to put down a riot → controlar un disturbio
there was nearly a riot → hubo casi un motín
to put down a riot → controlar un disturbio
2. (fig) a riot of colour → un derroche de color
to run riot (= go out of control) → desmandarse; (= spread) → extenderse por todas partes, cubrirlo todo
to let one's imagination run riot → dejar volar la imaginación
to run riot (= go out of control) → desmandarse; (= spread) → extenderse por todas partes, cubrirlo todo
to let one's imagination run riot → dejar volar la imaginación
B. VI → amotinarse
C. CPD riot act N to read sb the riot act → leerle la cartilla a algn
riot gear N → uniforme m antidisturbios
riot police N → policía f antidisturbios
riot shield N → escudo m antidisturbios
riot squad N = riot police
riot gear N → uniforme m antidisturbios
riot police N → policía f antidisturbios
riot shield N → escudo m antidisturbios
riot squad N = riot police
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
riot
[ˈraɪət] n
(= disturbance) → émeute f
(= profusion) a riot of flavour → une explosion de saveurs
a riot of colour → une débauche de couleurs, une orgie de couleurs
a riot of colour → une débauche de couleurs, une orgie de couleurs
vi → manifester avec violence
adv
to run riot [people] → se déchaîner; [plants] → proliférer
to let one's imagination run riot → laisser libre cours à son imaginationriot act n
to read sb the riot act [teacher, parent] → faire la leçon à qnriot control n → répression f des émeutesriot-control [ˈraɪətkəntrəʊl] modif → antiémeute
to run riot [people] → se déchaîner; [plants] → proliférer
to let one's imagination run riot → laisser libre cours à son imaginationriot act n
to read sb the riot act [teacher, parent] → faire la leçon à qnriot control n → répression f des émeutesriot-control [ˈraɪətkəntrəʊl] modif → antiémeute
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
riot
n
(Pol) → Aufstand m no pl, → Aufruhr m no pl; (by mob, football fans etc) → Krawall m, → Ausschreitungen pl; (fig: = wild occasion) → Orgie f; there’ll be a riot if you announce that → wenn Sie das verkünden, gibt es einen Aufstand; to run riot (people) → randalieren; (vegetation) → wuchern; his imagination runs riot → seine Fantasie or Phantasie geht mit ihm durch; ivy had run riot all over the house → Efeu hatte das ganze Haus überwuchert
a riot of colour(s) (Brit) or color(s) (US) → eine Farbenexplosion, eine Farbenorgie; a riot of reds and blues → eine Explosion von Rot- und Blautönen; a riot of flowers → ein wildes Blumenmeer
riot
:riot act
riot
:riot police
n → Bereitschaftspolizei f
riot shield
n → Schutzschild m
riot squad
n → Überfallkommando nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
riot
[ˈraɪət]1. n → disordini mpl
a riot of colour(s) → un'orgia di colori
to put down a riot → sopprimere i disordini
to read sb the riot act (fam) → dare una lavata di capo a qn
to run riot (out of control) → scatenarsi
a riot of colour(s) → un'orgia di colori
to put down a riot → sopprimere i disordini
to read sb the riot act (fam) → dare una lavata di capo a qn
to run riot (out of control) → scatenarsi
2. vi → tumultuare, manifestare violentemente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
riot
(ˈraiət) noun a noisy disturbance created by a usually large group of people. The protest march developed into a riot.
verb to form or take part in a riot. The protesters were rioting in the street.
ˈrioter nounˈriotous adjective
1. starting, or likely to start, a riot. a riotous crowd.
2. very active, noisy and cheerful. a riotous party.
ˈriotously adverbˈriotousness noun
run riot
to behave wildly; to go out of control.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
riot
→ شَغَب, يُشاغِبُ dělat výtržnosti, výtržnosti gøre oprør, oprør Aufruhr, randalieren εξεγείρομαι, εξέγερση causar disturbios, disturbio mellakka, mellakoida émeute, se soulever pobuna, pobuniti insorgere, tumulto 暴動, 暴動を起こす 폭동, 폭동을 일으키다 oproer maken, rel lage opptøyer, opprør bunt, rozniecić bunt distúrbio, provocar distúrbios бунт, бунтовать ställa till upplopp, upplopp ก่อการจลาจล, การจลาจล ayaklanma, başkaldırmak nổi loạn, sự náo loạn 骚乱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009