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Riveting

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Commanding the attention of spectators.

    "a riveting firework display"

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of arousing and holding the attention wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of joining with rivets. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A set of rivets; rivets collectively. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rivet form-of, gerund, participle, present

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