pop rivet

noun

A blind rivet; a rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; after passing the bucktail through the items to be secured, the rivet gun is attached to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.

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Meanings

nounpop rivet (plural pop rivets)

plural pop rivets

  1. artsA blind rivet; a rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; after passing the bucktail through the items to be secured, the rivet gun is attached to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.

Origin

Genericised from POP, the brand name of the original manufacturer, now owned by Stanley Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker

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Translations

Finnish vetoniitti, popniitti
  • vetoniittia pin with an expandable head
  • popniittia pin with an expandable head
Polish nit zrywalny
  • nit zrywalnya pin with an expandable head
Swedish popnit
  • popnita pin with an expandable head
Cite this entry
APA

pop rivet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20rivet

MLA

“pop rivet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20rivet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop rivet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20rivet.

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