Definition of "rivet" [riv•et]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The lower right quadrant, if it has anything in it, will be a “C”, to indicate that the butt side of the rivet is to be countersunk, (such as a double flush plug) for the NACA method (82 degrees, rather than the 100 degrees for under a manufactered head)."
• "Bike chain rivet setter, removable 5m allen wrench, screwdriver for slotted and Phillips head screws"
• "Naturally, he climbs to the rooftop, where he finds that his "rivet" is merely a dropped lunch box."