English Explanatory Dictionary

rivet counter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.

Pronunciation

En-au-rivet counter.ogg

Word forms

rivet counter rivet counters

Related words

anorak trainspotter
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on R Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary