riveting

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of rivet
2. adjective Commanding the attention of spectators.

   a riveting firework display

3. noun The act of joining with rivets.
4. noun The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
5. noun A set of rivets; rivets collectively.

Similar words

fascinating absorbing engrossing gripping interesting compelling spellbinding captivating glamorous exciting

Often followed by

the and is of machine in or machines to

Word family

rivetingly