“riot” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. wild disorder by a crowd of people ○ The riot was started by some university students. □ to run riot to get out of control ○ After the match, the supporters ran riot and the police had to intervene. ○ In her stories for children she lets her imagination run riot. □ to read someone the riot act to warn someone to stop doing something ○ I read her the riot act when I found she had been using the office telephone to call her mother in Australia. 2. a mixture of different colours ○ The place was decorated in a riot of colours. ○ The colour scheme is a riot of reds and greens. 3. something which is very amusing, e.g. a film or a play ○ The whole show was a riot, we never laughed so much. ■ verb to take part in a riot, or get out of control ○ Furious farmers rioted when they heard the decision of the Minister of Agriculture. Synonym mutiny

n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.]
1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. “His headstrong riot hath no curb.” Shak.
2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry. “Venus loveth riot and dispense.” Chaucer. “The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to- day.” Pope.
3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rioting.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.]
1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess. “Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.” Daniel. “No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.” Pope.
2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. Johnson.

v. t. To spend or pass in riot. “[He] had rioted his life out.” Tennyson.