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Vinony

riveting

adjective

  1. assembling with rivets
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈrɪvɪtɪŋ/

adj

  1. Commanding the attention of spectators.

    “a riveting firework display”

noun

  1. The act of joining with rivets.
  2. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
  3. A set of rivets; rivets collectively.

    “1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.”

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of rivet