cleats

Meanings

Noun

• shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles
  • "the football players all wore cleats"
• a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
• a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
• a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
• plural of cleat
• A pair of athletic shoes equipped with cleats.

Verb

• provide with cleats
• secure on a cleat
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cleat

Synonyms

cleat, spikes, studs