riveter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person whose job is to rivet.

2. A person whose job is to rivet. A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details.

   Usage

   • specifically
   • for solid rivets

   Examples

   Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.

   Ev'ry one stops to admire the scene / Rosie at work on the B-19 / She's never twittery / nervous or jittery / Rosie the riveter

3. A tool used to fix rivets.

   Synonyms

   rivet gun

   Antonyms

   de-riveter

   Examples

   The riveter required a compressed air supply.

Noun

1. a worker who inserts and hammers rivets

   Synonyms

   rivetter

   Broader terms

   skilled workertrained worker

2. a machine for driving rivets

   Synonyms

   riveting machinerivetter

   Broader terms

   machine