pop-rivetv.
/ˈpɒprɪvɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɑpˌrɪvᵻt/ transitive. To secure or fasten with pop rivets.
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1953 Flight 18 Sept. 410/2 A corrugated core is sandwiched between two skins, the outer skin being spot-welded and the inner skin pop-riveted to this core.
1973 P. Revere Do your Own Car Body Repairs vii. 36 Any area to be pop riveted which is on a surface liable to be seen, will have to be countersunk first.
1998 A. Brookes Cladding of Buildings (ed. 3) v. 118 The inner skins were then pushed into the outer trays and popriveted together through a small section of phenolic foam core.
2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 1 Mar. (Features section) 1 The vibration was so intense that every time you came in you had to pop-rivet more bits onto the body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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