WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen | 
| riveting adj | (holding one's attention) | meeslepend bn | 
|  |  | opwindend bn | 
|  |  | interessant, boeiend bn | 
|  | The critic described the performance as riveting. | 
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen | 
| rivet n | (bolt, screw) | klinknagel nw de | 
|  | The loose piece of the engine was missing a rivet. | 
| rivet [sth]⇒ vtr | (fix, secure) | vastnagelen overg. ww | 
|  |  | vastzetten overg. ww | 
|  | He positioned the panel and riveted it in place. | 
| rivet [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (fix, secure) | vastnagelen aan overg. ww + vz | 
|  | The engineer riveted the wings to the body of the plane. | 
| rivet [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (transfix, hold attention of) | fascineren, boeien overg. ww | 
|  | (figuurlijk) | aan de grond nagelen frase | 
|  | The magician riveted the small children. |