Usually means: Violent public disturbance against authority.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. riot: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. riot, riot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. riot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. riot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. riot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Riot, riot: Wordnik
  7. riot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. riot: Wiktionary
  9. riot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. riot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. riot: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. riot: Dictionary.com
  13. riot (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. riot: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Riot: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. riot: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. riot: Rhymezone
  19. riot: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. riot: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Riot: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. riot: Free Dictionary
  23. riot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. riot: Dictionary/thesaurus

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