rivet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a metal pin fastened by hammering one end flat

   The bridge plates were held together with iron rivets.

2. 2
   verb

   to fasten with rivets

   Workers riveted the plates to the frame.

3. 3
   verb

   to hold someone's attention completely

   The witness's quiet answer riveted the courtroom.

From Old French rivet, from river ("to fetter, attach"), related to rive ("bank, edge"), ultimately from Latin ripa ("bank, shore").

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