1. (

• rioting ,
• riot

) a state of disorder involving group violence ;

1. (

• riot

) take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" ;

2. (

• carouse ,
• roister ,
• riot ,

) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" ;