riveting
Appearance
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]riveting
- present participle and gerund of rivet
Adjective
[edit]riveting (comparative more riveting, superlative most riveting)
- Commanding the attention of spectators.
- a riveting firework display
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:exciting
Translations
[edit]commanding the attention
|
Noun
[edit]riveting (countable and uncountable, plural rivetings)
- The act of joining with rivets.
- The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
- 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.
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures