Clues for the word "RIVET"
We've had 133 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 296 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 09, 2026.
Definition of rivet
- n. - A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
- v. t. - To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
- v. t. - To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.
- v. t. - Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.
Referring Clues
- Hold, as the attention
- Fasten firmly
- Enrapture
- Fix firmly
- Fuselage fastener
- Transfix
- Hold firmly
- Focus
- Pin
- Fix
- Metal fastener
- Hard-hat's fastener
- Girder pin
- Rosie's fastener
- Heavy metal fastener
- Steelworker's pin
- Girder securer
- Fastener for Rosie
- Engross
- Beam fastener
- Bit of bridge-building hardware
- Capture fully, as one's attention
- Bit of fastening hardware
- Keep engaged
- Hold, as attention
- Metalworker's pin
- Girder fastener
- Fastener for 11 Down
- Steelworker's fastener
- Shipyard fastener
- Hard hat's fastener
- Sturdy fastener
- Hold, as one's attention
- Levi's fastener
- Jeans reinforcer
- Fastening pin
- One way to fix firmly
- Steel fastener
- Pin in a hole
- Construction-site fastener
- Hold firmly, as one's attention
- Part of a pair of Levi's
- Metal joiner
- Bolt variety
- Metal bolt
- Grip, in a theater
- Hull fastener
- Headed bolt
- Jeans feature
- Construction-site holder
- Construction fastener
- Construction connector
- Bolt type
- Construction site fastener
- One of about a million on a jetliner
- Bolt for a girder
- Fastener for a girder
- Short metal bolts used in shipbuilding
- Fasten securely
- Construction beam fastener
- Beam-joining bolt
- Hold entranced
- Girder insert
- Levi's 501 feature
- Sturdy bolt
- Bolt for an I-beam
- Golden Gate fastener
- Fix firmly, in a way
- Captivate
- Jeans accent
- Affix firmly
- Fastener that's "bucked"
- Hold fast, as one's attention
- Jeans-pocket strengthener
- Bit of hardware for Rosie
- Jeans fastener
- Fastener in a girder
- Large metal bolt
- Command the attention of
- Bolt
- Metal pin
- Joiner in Rhode Island with former GI?
- Rosie's bolt
- Pin I check under top of roof
- Bolt a plate while it's hot
- In radio telephony, I have a security device!
- Pin for joining metal
- Short metal fastener
- Incompletely strive to fix things!
- Type of fastening
- I have to get right outside to get the pin
- Metal bolt that's hammered
- Fasten with metal pins - enthral
- Fastening bolt
- Hammered bolt
- One ex-25 follows van in rear entrance
- Pin in a girder
- Trestle fastener
- Bolt I have inserted in right frame
- Tear apart, given time to bolt
- Contrive to find part of pin
- Moral instruction by doctor to joiner
- Part of motor I've tried to fix has ___
- Joiner in Rhode Island with former GI?
- Take top off evergreen with hammer
- Bolt taking top off shrub
- Spot of rust on one? Check bolt
- Bolt in iron tripod with no head
- Hold firmly that I have to be in the right
- Fastener used to hold girders together
- Keep attentive
- Fix, as attention
- Metal holder
- Fastener
- Bolt from Rhode Island with former GI?
- Bridge fastener
- Fastener that's "bucked up"
- Stud on a pair of jeans
- Jeans adornment
- Roger and I examine a short metal bolt
- Pin for Rosie
- Being the fixer, I have to be in the right
- Keep engrossed
- Rosie’s target
- Bit of hardware on denim jeans
- Item in a metalworker's gun
- Fasten, as metal
- Reinforcing piece on a pair of jeans
- Fastener hidden in "drive-thru"
- It helps keep a tight ship tight
- A plate holder
- Metal fastener on jeans
- Strong metal fastener
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - May 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 26, 2026
- Daily American - January 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 08, 2025
- New York Times - May 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 08, 2025
- Family Time - January 27, 2025
- Daily American - January 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2024
- Daily American - October 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 13, 2024
- And in 266 more crossword puzzles...