Dictionary entry
Run riot
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Definition
riot /'raÇǝt/ n ၁။ [C] အဓိက႐ုဏ္း။ ဆူပူအံုႂကြမႈ။ ႐ုန္းရင္း ဆန္ခတ္ မႈ။ Riots broke out in several areas. ❍ The police succeeded in quelling the riot. ❍ ( fig ) There'll be a riot (ie People will be very angry) if the government doesn't invest more in this service. ၂။ [sing] ~ of sth ေဝေဝဆာဆာ အလွျပပြဲ။ The flower-beds were a riot of colour. ၃။ a riot [sing] ( infml ) ဟာသ။ She's an absolute riot! v ဆူပူဆႏၵျပျခင္း၊ အဓိက႐ုဏ္း စသည္တြင္ ပါဝင္သည္။ After the match, the fans rioted. ❍ They are rioting against food prices. ❏ rioter n အဓိက႐ုဏ္းတြင္ပါဝင္သူ။ ❏ riot gear n [U] အဓိက႐ုဏ္းထိန္း လက္နက္ပစၥည္း။ The police were in full riot gear, with shields and helmets. ❏ rioting n [U] အဓိက႐ုဏ္း။ renewed outbreaks of rioting. ❏ riotous /-ǝs/ adj ၁။ ( fml or law ) ႐ုန္းရင္းဆန္ခတ္။ a riotous assembly (ie of people) ❍ charged with riotous behaviour. ၂။ အထိန္းအကြပ္မရိွ။ ပရမ္းပတာ။ a riotous party ❍ riotous laughter ❍ Riotous (ie expensive) living had drained his fortune. ❏ riotously adv အထူး။ အလြန္။ riotously funny. ❏ riot police n [pl v ] အဓိက႐ုဏ္းႏိွမ္နင္းေရးရဲ။ ❏ run riot [ IDM ] ေသာင္းေသာင္း႐ု႐ုရိွသည္။ ေသာင္းက်န္း ေမႊ႕ယမ္းသည္။ Protesters ran riot through the town. ❍ ( fig ) weeds running riot in the garden ❍ Inflation is running riot and prices are out of control.
Examples
- Anti-government riots
- The country’s history of riot and disorder
- [start/provoke/spark a riot] : The new laws sparked prison riots across the country.
- [quell a riot] : Seven people were hurt as police tried to quell the riot.
- A riot shield
- Police in full riot gear attempted to clear the streets.
- As usual
- the party was an absolute riot.