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rivethead

rivethead noun: an aficionado of industrial music.

Noun

rivethead (plural rivetheads)

  1. (slang) An aficionado of industrial music.
    • […] self-described rivethead Ebony Joseph […]2004, Nancy Kilpatrick, The Goth Bible
    • Much to the shock of my rivethead friends, I plan to make the first stop on my pilgrimage in Athens, Georgia, of all places. Athens, home of REM, Pylon, and enough paisley shirts and pegged pants to fill every overpriced thrift store in Georgia […]2005, Anne Thomas Soffee, Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City
  2. (dated) An automotive assembly line worker.

rivethead meaning in Bengali

rivethead in Bengali

ইন্ডাস্ট্রিয়াল মিউজিকের একজন অনুরাগী

Forms of rivethead

pluralrivetheads

Origin of rivethead

From rivet + -head, from the use of rivets in industrial manufacture.

Questions about rivethead

What does rivethead mean?
Rivethead means an aficionado of industrial music.
What is rivethead in Bengali?
Rivethead in Bengali is ইন্ডাস্ট্রিয়াল মিউজিকের একজন অনুরাগী. See Rivethead meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is rivethead?
Rivethead is a noun.
What is the plural of rivethead?
The plural of rivethead is rivetheads.

Words near rivethead in the dictionary

  1. riveted
  2. riveted to the spot
  3. riveter
  4. riveters
  5. riveth
  6. rivethead
  7. rivetheads
  8. riveting
  9. riveting set
  10. riveting sets
  11. rivetingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rivethead (page history and authors); rivethead (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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