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Definition: Riveting |
RivetingAdjective1. Capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "riveting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: RivetingSynonyms: absorbing (adj), engrossing (adj), fascinating (adj), gripping (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Interesting, engrossing, mesmerizing, riveting. |
Excitation | Exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting; Verb: impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling; high-wrought; soul-stirring, soul-subduing; heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling; agonizing; (painful); telling, sensational, hysterical; overpowering, overwhelming; more than flesh and blood can bear; yellow. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Is piped ashore from USS Augusta (CA-31) after arrival at Antwerp, Belgium, en route to the Potsdam conference, 15 July 1945. Note midships details of this cruiser, including embarkation ladder davit, catapult and heavy side plate riveting. Men are watching from portholes in the catapult tower. Credit: NAVY. |  | Riveting aircraft structure in the Assembly and Repair Department at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, circa 24 July 1943. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Drilling and riveting aircraft structure in the Assembly and Repair Department at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, 24 July 1943. Note that she is wearing safety glasses, a wise precaution for this type of work. Credit: NAVY. |  | Ready for launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 16 September 1943. Note riveting and plating details on the ship's hull. Billboard in the foreground celebrates the combat exploits of another ship built by the Mare Island Navy Yard: USS Wahoo (SS-238). There are War Bond posters to its left. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Production. Aircraft. This air compressor in a Western aircraft plant supplies air power for riveting hammers, sprayguns, and other air-operated equipment. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber rear fuselage and tail sub-assembly plant. Riveting tail plane. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, Corpus Christi, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Riveting. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lennox Furnace Co. Riveting a steel furnace. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Riveting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 48.28% of the time. "Riveting" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 48.28% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 46.55% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.72% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "riveting": Butt riveting ♦ Chain riveting ♦ Crossed riveting ♦ Double riveting ♦ Lap riveting ♦ riveting hammer ♦ riveting machine ♦ snap riveting. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "riveting": re-riveting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
riveting | 26 |
riveting tool | 13 |
riveting machine | 8 |
riveting hammer | 4 |
hot riveting | 4 |
machine radial riveting | 3 |
orbital riveting | 3 |
riveting speed | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "riveting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 鉚 , "牢 (Riveted). (various references) | |
Czech | nýtování. (various references) | |
Danish | nitteforbindelse (riveted connection, riveted joint), nitning (rivetting). (various references) | |
Dutch | klinkwerk, klinkverbinding (riveted assembly), klinknaad (rivet joint, riveted joint), klinken (rivet, sound). (various references) | |
Finnish | niittaus. (various references) | |
French | rivure (rivet joint, riveted joint), rivetage (rivetting). (various references) | |
German | Nietung (rivet joint), nietend, Nieten (rivet, rivets). (various references) | |
Greek | στερέωση με ήλους (rivetting), ήλωση (rivetting). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szegecsfejező szerszám (riveting punch, rivetting punch), szegecsfejező (dolly, riveting punch, rivetting punch), szegecselő kézisajtó (riveting burr), közönséges szegecselés (single riveting), egysoros szegecselés (single riveting). (various references) | |
Italian | rivettatura, ribaditura (rivetting), chiodatura (pinning, rivetting), avvincente (absorbing, charming, compelling, endearing, engaging, engrossingly, fascinating). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ivetingray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rebitagem (rivetting). (various references) | |
Russian | захватывающий (all-absorbing, arresting, blockbusting, breathtaking, breath-taking, conquering, engrossing, enthralling, spectacular, thrilling), интересный (good looking, interesting, nutty, sapid, scintillating). (various references) | |
Spanish | roblonadura, remache (clinch, rivet), remachado (rivetting). (various references) | |
Swedish | nitning (clench). (various references) | |
Thai | น่าตราตรึง. (various references) | |
Turkish | perçinleme, perçin eki (rivet joint), perçin (rivet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "riveting": rivetingly. (additional references) | |
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"Riveting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: givetian, raveing, revetting, revoting, rietling, rieving, Rivelino, Riverina, rivetting, riviting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "riveting" (pronounced ri"vuting) |
| 4 | -u t i ng | accrediting, attributing, auditing, balloting, blanketing, budgeting, carpeting, cohabiting, crediting, depositing, dieting, discrediting, dispiriting, disquieting, editing, eliciting, exhibiting, exiting, ferreting, fidgeting, forfeiting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, limiting, marketing, misinterpreting, orbiting, picketing, piloting, pirating, plummeting, pocketing, profiting, prohibiting, quieting, ratcheting, reinterpreting, remarketing, revisiting, rioting, rocketing, skyrocketing, soliciting, targeting, telemarketing, ticketing, trumpeting, visiting, vomiting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, disputing, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, Fetting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, pinpointing, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, prognosticating, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revolting, rewriting, roasting, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-n-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: eviting, igniter, inviter, reiving, tiering, vitrine. | |
-2 letters: engirt, grivet, ignite, invert, invite, riving, tieing, tinier, tiring, vinier, virgin. | |
-3 letters: genii, given, giver, inert, inter, iring, niter, nitre, reign, renig, riven, rivet, tiger, tinge, trine. | |
-4 letters: gent, gien, girn, girt, give, grin, grit, inti, nevi, nite, rein, rent, ring, rite, rive, tern, tier, tine, ting. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-n-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: diverting, inverting, rivetting. | |
+2 letters: invigorate, overtiming, overtiring, reinviting, restriving, retrieving, revisiting, rivetingly, vertigines. | |
+3 letters: advertising, advertizing, denigrative, germinative, innervating, integrative, intervening, invigorated, invigorates, originative, overediting, overtipping, overtoiling, overwriting, reinventing, reinvesting, timeserving, variegating, variegation, vertiginous, vinaigrette, virginities. | |
+4 letters: abbreviating, advertisings, derivatizing, devitrifying, eviscerating, interleaving, interviewing, intervillage, interweaving, introverting, inventorying, investigator, livetrapping, overexciting, overlighting, overnighting, overprinting, overstirring, overstriding, overstriking, overthinking, overtraining, overtrimming, precognitive, privateering, reactivating, reconvicting, reinvigorate, relativizing, remotivating, revalidating, revictualing, revitalising, revitalizing, timeservings, variegations, vinaigrettes, vituperating, vociferating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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