Read the dictionary definition of riot. All definitions for this word.
1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
2. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
3. a joke that seems extremely funny
4. a state of disorder involving group violence
5. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
1. They were out carousing last night
6. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
1. Students were rioting everywhere in 1968