1. A state of disorder involving group violence
   "The peaceful protest devolved into rioting";
   - riot

1. Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
   "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
    
2. Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
   "They were out rioting last night";
   - carouse, roister [archaic]

Derived forms: riotings

Type of: disorder, jollify [informal], make merry, make whoopee [informal], racket, rampage, revel, run riot, wassail [archaic], whoop it up [informal]

Encyclopedia: Rioting