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"Rivet" Definition

noun

A metal bolt or pin having a head on one end, inserted through aligned holes in the pieces to be joined and then hammered on the plain end so as to form a second head.
A headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head.

verb-transitive

To engross or hold (the attention, for example).
To fasten or secure firmly; fix.
To fasten or secure with or as if with a rivet.
To hammer the headless end of so as to form a head and fasten something.

verb

To fasten with or as if with.
To upset the end or point of (as a metallic pin, rod, or bolt) by beating or pressing so as to form a head.
To fasten or fix firmly.
To attract and hold (as the attention) completely.

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