| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A quarrel, fight, or disturbance marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior: affray, brawl, broil2, donnybrook, fray, free-for-all, melee, row2, ruction, tumult. Informal : fracas. Slang : rumble. See ATTACK. 2. Slang. Something or someone uproariously funny or absurd: absurdity. Informal : hoot, joke, laugh, scream. Slang : gas, howl, panic. Idioms: a laugh a minute. See LAUGHTER. | | VERB: | To behave riotously: carouse, frolic, revel, roister. Informal : hell (around). Idioms: blow off steam, cut loose, kick over the traces, kick up one's heels, let go, let loose, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, raise Cain (or the devil) (or hell) , whoop it up. See RESTRAINT. | | PHRASAL VERB: | riot away To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste. Slang : blow1. See SAVE.
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