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noun | verb riotriot1 /ˈraɪət/ ●●○ noun ETYMOLOGYriot1Origin: 1100-1200 Old French quarrel ► race riots The boy’s death touched off race riots (=riots caused by a racial problem) and divided the town. ► put down the riots The army was called in to put down the riots (=stop them). 1[countable] a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something: There were riots in several cities. The boy’s death touched off race riots (=riots caused by a racial problem) and divided the town. The army was called in to put down the riots (=stop them).2run riot a)if people run riot, they behave in a violent, noisy, and uncontrolled way: Some parents just let their children run riot. b)if your imagination, thoughts, etc., run riot, you cannot or do not control them: Ann let her imagination run riot as she wrote. c)if a plant runs riot, it grows very quickly in an uncontrolled way3[singular] spoken someone or something that is very funny or enjoyable: This guy is a riot.4a riot of color literary something with many different bright colors: The garden was a riot of color.5read (somebody) the riot act informal to give someone a strong warning that he or she must stop causing trouble: She read me the riot act for seeing my old girlfriend. [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French quarrel] noun | verb riotriot2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEriot |
| Present | I, you, we, they | riot | | he, she, it | riots | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rioted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rioted | | he, she, it | has rioted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rioted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will riot | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rioted |
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| Present | I | am rioting | | he, she, it | is rioting | | you, we, they | are rioting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was rioting | | you, we, they | were rioting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rioting | | he, she, it | has been rioting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rioting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rioting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rioting |
THESAURUS to say or do something publicly to show that you disagree with or are angry about something that you think is wrong or unfair► protest to say or do something publicly to show that you disagree with or are angry about something that you think is wrong or unfair: Local people protested the plan to close the school. “I don’t think that’s fair!” she protested. ► demonstrate to protest about something in an organized way, by having a large outdoor meeting, or by walking through the streets: A crowd of people were demonstrating outside the embassy. ► march to walk with a large group of people from one place to another, in order to show that you think something is wrong or unfair: Over a million people marched to protest against the war. ► riot if a large group of people riot, they protest in a violent and uncontrolled way, for example by fighting the police and damaging cars or buildings: Thousands of angry young people were rioting in the streets of the capital. ► hold/stage a sit-in to protest by refusing to leave the place where you work or study until your demands are considered or agreed to: Hundreds of students staged a sit-in at the student center. ► go on a hunger strike to protest by refusing to eat: The prisoners went on a hunger strike. ► boycott to protest the actions of a company or country by refusing to buy something, go somewhere, etc.: People are boycotting companies that use child labor to make their products. if a crowd of people riot, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way, for example by fighting the police and damaging cars or buildings: Hundreds of prisoners rioted in the overcrowded prison.► see thesaurus at protest2—rioting noun [uncountable]—rioter noun [countable] |