Meaning of riot in English

riot

noun
uk ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/ us ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/

C1 [ C ] an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest:

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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a riot of colour
run riot

riot

verb [ I ]
uk ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/ us ​ /ˈraɪ.ət/

Related words

rioter
rioting

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

"riot" in American English

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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