Riveting

ahd-5
  • adjective. Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or method of joining with rivets.
  • noun. Rivets taken collectively.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
  • noun. The whole set of rivets, collectively.
  • noun. riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint.
  • noun. riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other.
  • noun. riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row.
  • noun. in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint.
  • noun. riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of rivet.
  • adjective. Commanding the attention of spectators.
  • noun. The act of joining with rivets.
  • noun. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
  • noun. A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
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  • adjective. capable of arousing and holding the attention
  • Word Usage
    "Winter had been long months in riveting them, and not in a day were they to be broken, not even by the thunderbolt of spring."
    Equivalent
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pivoting  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exciting  
    verb-stem
    rivet