1
a
: a wedge-shaped piece fastened to or projecting from something and serving as a support or check
b
: a wooden or metal fitting usually with two projecting horns around which a rope may be made fast
2
a
: a strip fastened across something to give strength or hold in position
b(1)
: a projecting piece (as on the bottom of a shoe) that furnishes a grip
(2)
cleated; cleating; cleats
Examples of cleat in a Sentence
Noun
a football player wearing cleats
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Blue swapped out his designer kicks for regular cleats for practice the next day.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
If the next Padres manager is someone who walked for many years in baseball cleats bigger than his own and qualifies as family, here’s predicting Machado would have an extra bounce to his step for a while.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Someone who can translate complex information into something real—someone who’s walked in your cleats.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noun
One such project last year, which saw Biocore and Exos experts researching how cleats and surfaces interact to determine what elite football players need to perform at their best, got the ball rolling toward an acquisition, according to leaders on both sides of the deal.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Blue swapped out his designer kicks for regular cleats for practice the next day.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
If the next Padres manager is someone who walked for many years in baseball cleats bigger than his own and qualifies as family, here’s predicting Machado would have an extra bounce to his step for a while.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Someone who can translate complex information into something real—someone who’s walked in your cleats.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cleat
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“Cleat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleat. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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