Definition of riot

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Riot (n.) Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

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Unrioted :: Unrioted (a.) Free from rioting.
Patriot :: Patriot (a.) Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
Bacchical :: Bacchical (a.) Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication..
Copatriot :: Copatriot (n.) A joint patriot.
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Arteriotomy :: Arteriotomy (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
Sectionalism :: Sectionalism (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national..
Revel-rout :: Revel-rout (n.) A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.
Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence..
Rioter :: Rioter (n.) One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3..
Septembrist :: Septembrist (n.) An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792..
Hurl :: Hurl (n.) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
Bloodshed :: Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder..
Judas-colored :: Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.
Mariotte''s Law :: Mariotte's law () See Boyle's law, under Law..
Suppression :: Suppression (n.) The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like..
Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x..
Charioteer :: Charioteer (n.) One who drives a chariot.
Mob :: Mob (n.) A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd..
Shindy :: Shindy (n.) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
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