Riot
Riot , noun
[Old French riote, of uncertain origin; compare OD. revot, ravot.]
1.
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
His headstrong riot hath no curb.
2.
Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Venus loveth riot and dispense.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day.
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.
Collocations (1)
To run riot , to act wantonly or without restraint.
Riot , intransitive verb
[Old French rioter; compare 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.
No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
2.
Riot , transitive verb
To spend or pass in riot.
[He] had rioted his life out.