Usually means: Violent public disturbance against authority.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. riot: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. riot: Merriam-Webster
  3. riot, riot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. riot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. riot: Collins English Dictionary
  6. riot: Vocabulary.com
  7. Riot, riot: Wordnik
  8. riot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. riot: Wiktionary
  10. riot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. riot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. riot: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. riot: Dictionary.com
  14. riot (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. riot: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Riot: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. riot: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. riot: Rhymezone
  20. riot: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. riot: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Riot: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. riot: FreeDictionary.org
  24. riot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. riot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. riot: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. riot: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. riot: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. riot: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Political (No longer online)
  3. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. RIOT: Acronym Finder
  5. riot: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. riot: ESL Slang page
  2. Riot: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
noun:  (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
noun:  (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
noun:  Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
noun:  (obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
verb:  (intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
verb:  (transitive) To annoy.

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