riveting

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Commanding the attention of spectators.

   a riveting firework display

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   capable of arousing and holding the attention

4. 4
   verb

   present participle and gerund of rivet

5. 5
   noun

   The act of joining with rivets.

6. 6
   noun

   The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.