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riotnoun

uk ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/ us ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/

C1 [ C ] a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public meeting:

Inner-city riots erupted when a local man was shot by police.

› [ S ] old-fashioned informal a very funny or entertaining occasion or person:

"How was the party?" "It was great - we had a riot."
I met Mike's brother for the first time - he's a riot.

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Idiom(s)

a riot of colour
run riot

riotverb [ I ]

uk ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/ us ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/
rioter
noun [ C ] uk ​ /ˈraɪ.ə.tər/ us ​ /ˈraɪ.ə.t̬ɚ/

›

Police and rioters clashed violently.
rioting
noun [ U ] uk ​ /ˈraɪ.ə.tɪŋ/ us ​ /ˈraɪ.ə.t̬ɪŋ/

›

The government is afraid of further serious rioting today.

(Definition of “riot” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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riotnoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈrɑɪ·ət/

› a noisy and violent public gathering:

The streets in this district include South Central Los Angeles, where the riots broke out two years ago.

› infml A riot is also something very amusing:

[ C usually sing ] The show was a riot.
riot
verb [ I ] us ​ /ˈrɑɪ·ət/

›

Inmates rioted yesterday at the prison.
rioter
noun [ C ] us ​ /ˈrɑɪ·ət̬·ər/

›

The police said 80 rioters had been arrested.

(Definition of “riot” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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