riveting

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɪvɪtɪŋ/ === Verb === riveting present participle and gerund of rivet === Adjective === riveting (comparative more riveting, superlative most riveting) Commanding the attention of spectators. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:exciting ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === tivering