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of business, Colloq gas, US panic, laugh-riot: Benny's closing
routine with the model is an absolute riot.
--v. 3 mount the barricades, take to the streets, rebel,
revolt, create or cause a disturbance, brawl, fight, (go on the
or US also a) rampage, run riot, storm: The prisoners rioted to
protest against the crowded conditions.
riotous adj. 1 tumultuous, unrestrained, wild, noisy, uncontrolled,
uncontrollable, unmanageable, chaotic, disorderly, disordered,
lawless, turbulent, violent, brawling, obstreperous: The
headmaster warned that he would not tolerate such riotous
behaviour. 2 rowdy, boisterous, unruly, uproarious, rollicking,
roisterous, wild, rumbustious, unrestrained, uninhibited,
Archaic robustious, Colloq rambunctious, no-holds-barred:
Bernard's retirement party was certainly a riotous affair.
rip v. 1 tear (apart or asunder), rend, be torn or rent, split, cut
(apart): I ripped my trousers on that nail. The paper ripped
because you yanked it out of my hand. 2 rip off. a steal,
purloin, rob, snatch, pilfer, filch, take, shoplift, Colloq
pinch, Brit nick, Slang lift, swipe, US boost, promote: They
broke into my car and ripped off my tape deck. b cheat,
swindle, trick, fleece, bilk, dupe, deceive; defraud, embezzle,
Colloq con, bamboozle, Slang skin, gyp, rook: A smooth couple
got œ100 by using the old 'stuffed wallet' trick to rip me off.
--n. 3 tear, rent, split, gash, slash; rift, cleft, rupture:
The vandals tore a foot-long rip in the top of my new
convertible.
ripe adj. 1 mature, matured, seasoned, (fully) grown,
(well-)ripened, developed, mellow, ready, fit, US (fully) aged,
well-aged: The grapes are ripe for picking. 2 prepared, ready,
fit, appropriate, experienced, veteran, seasoned, sage, wise,
sophisticated, mature, informed, qualified, dependable,
reliable: Henry is ripe in judgement and understanding. 3 ripe
for. a timely, opportune, propitious, favourable, auspicious,
ideal, right, suitable, apt, proper, suitably advanced: Is the
time yet ripe for another revival of Heartbreak House ? b
ready, eager, enthusiastic, prepared, fit, ready, in readiness:
The mob is ripe for revolt.