Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - riot
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Riot
riot
(riots, rioting, rioted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When there is a riot, a crowd of people behave violently in a public place, for example they fight, throw stones, or damage buildings and vehicles. Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison. N-COUNT 2. If people riot, they behave violently in a public place. Last year 600 inmates rioted, starting fires and building barricades... VERB: V • rioter (rioters) The militia dispersed the rioters. N-COUNT • rioting At least fifteen people are now known to have died in three days of rioting. N-UNCOUNT 3. If you say that there is a riot of something pleasant such as colour, you mean that there is a large amount of various types of it. All the cacti were in flower, so that the desert was a riot of colour... N-SING: a N of n c darkgreen]approval 4. If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly. I’m glad you read the riot act to Billy. He’s still a kid and still needs to be told what to do. PHRASE: V inflects 5. If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner. Rampaging prisoners ran riot through Strangeways jail. PHRASE: V inflects 6. If something such as your imagination runs riot, it is not limited or controlled, and produces ideas that are new or exciting, rather than sensible. A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot. PHRASE: V inflects
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e rash action, noise, disorder Date: 13th century 1. archaic a. profligate behavior ; debauchery b. unrestrained revelry c. noise, uproar, or disturbance made by revelers 2. a. public violence, tumult, or disorder b. a violent public disorder; specifically a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent 3. a random or disorderly profusion the woods were a ~ of color 4. one that is wildly amusing the new comedy is a ~ II. intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to indulge in revelry or wantonness 2. to create or engage in a ~ • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a disturbance of the peace by a crowd; an occurrence of public disorder. b (attrib.) involved in suppressing riots (riot police; riot shield). 2 uncontrolled revelry; noisy behaviour. 3 (foll. by of) a lavish display or enjoyment (a riot of emotion; a riot of colour and sound). 4 colloq. a very amusing thing or person. --v.intr. 1 make or engage in a riot. 2 live wantonly; revel. Phrases and idioms read the Riot Act put a firm stop to insubordination etc.; give a severe warning (from the name of a former act partly read out to disperse rioters). run riot 1 throw off all restraint. 2 (of plants) grow or spread uncontrolled. Derivatives rioter n. riotless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF riote, rioter, rihoter, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. мятеж, бунт, восстание riot call —- ам. вызов подкрепления для подавления беспорядка 2. нарушение общественного порядка, бесчинства 3. необузданность to indulge in a riot of emotion —- предаваться разгулу чувств, быть чрезмерно эмоциональным the play was a riot in the States —- пьеса произвела фурор в США 4. пышность, изобилие, буйство the fields were a riot of colour —- поля пестрели разноцветием красок Id: to run riot —- буйствовать, преступать все границы, выходить из установленных рамок; буйно разрастаться (о траве и т. п.); дать волю (фантазии, воображению); бушевать, свирепствовать (о болезни); охот. пойти по ложному следу Id: in full riot —- в полном разгаре 5. принимать участие в мятеже, бунте 6. бесчинствовать, нарушать общественную тишину и порядок 7. редк. быть необузданным, не знать удержу (в чем-л.) to riot in emotion —- дать волю своим чувствам the tyrant rioted in cruelty —- жестокость тирана не знала границ 8. растрачивать попусту (время, деньги); прожигать жизнь he rioted away his whole inheritance —- он промотал все свое наследство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) бунт; мятеж 2) leg. нарушение общественной тишины и порядка 3) разгул; необузданность; - run riot 4) изобилие, буйство; a riot of colour - богатство красок 5) attr. Riot Act - закон об охране общественного спокойствия и порядка (в Англии); to read the Riot Act - а) предупредить толпу о необходимости разойтись; б) coll. дать нагоняй - riot call 2. v. 1) бунтовать; принимать участие в бунте 2) быть необузданным, не знать удержу (в чем-л.); There must he something wrong with people who riot in cruelty to animals. 3) бесчинствовать; нарушать общественный порядок 4) растрачивать попусту (время, деньги); He rioted away his whole inheritance. RIOT call amer. вызов подкрепления для подавления восстания ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way especially when they are protesting about something (The army were called in to put down the riot. | race riot (=between people of different races)) (Ethnic tensions led to a massive race riot.) 2 a riot of colour something with many different bright colours (The garden is a riot of colour in May.) 3 run riot a) if people run riot, they behave in a violent, noisy, and uncontrolled way (Demonstrators are running riot through the town.) b) if your imagination, thoughts etc run riot, you cannot control them c) if a plant runs riot, it grows very quickly 4 read (sb) the riot act often humorous to give someone a strong warning that they must stop causing trouble (If the kids don't settle down soon, I'll go up and read them the riot act.) 5 old-fashioned someone or something that is very funny or enjoyable (Sally's a riot when she's had a few drinks! | have a riot (=have a lot of fun)) ("How was the party?" "Oh, we had a riot!") ~2 v 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 (Students were rioting in the streets.) - rioting n - rioter n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. riote (masc. riot) "dispute, quarrel," perhaps from Prov. riota, of uncertain origin. Originally "debauchery, extravagance;" meaning "public disturbance" is first recorded 1393. Meaning "something spectacularly successful" first recorded 1909 in theater slang. Run riot is first recorded 1523, a metaphoric extension from hounds following the wrong scent. The Riot Act, part of which must be read to a mob before active measures can be taken, was passed 1714 (1 Geo. I, st.2, c.5). Riot girl and alternate form riot grrl first recorded 1992. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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