cleats
- noun
- /klits/
- US
- Recently there's been this kid who comes by our house after playing soccer and either rides his bike or walks over the lawn with his cleats on the way home.
He's putting on buddies, cleats and shin guards saying love you champ.
- He's putting on buddies, cleats and shin guards saying love you champ.
- So you'd always want to wear like white cleats make you look faster.
- I remember my mom saving up checks to buy me my first pair of Nike Vapor cleats.
- And by the way, we went and bought him these new Jude Bellingham cleats at the Adidas store, the Adidas store or the Bayern Munich store.
- I got to put my cleats on when I show up and say, hey, right now, this is going to mean something.
- Imagine playing football and youth and Preston's cleats ruin your you're amputated.
- I don't want to have to put it on my you know, I don't want to have to put the cleats on me.
- Same left hook, though, ducked it grabbed him and we I'm in cleats right and we're on tile sliding across the fucking bathroom floor.
Examples
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He's putting on buddies, cleats and shin guards saying love you champ.
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So you'd always want to wear like white cleats make you look faster.
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I got to put my cleats on when I show up and say, hey, right now, this is going to mean something.
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If you give me a pair of like good cleats and like shorts and my bare hands.
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And by the way, we went and bought him these new Jude Bellingham cleats at the Adidas store, the Adidas store or the Bayern Munich store.
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The soccer player laced up his new cleats before the big match to ensure he had a good grip on the wet field.
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Wearing the right cleats can significantly improve your performance on soft surfaces like mud or grass.
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After practicing on the slippery ground, she decided to buy a pair of cleats that would help her stay balanced.
Synonyms
A shoe used for playing soccer or football
A shoe with small pointed studs for better grip or style
How Grippy
- US
- UK
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cleats originally meant a small 'wedge' or block used to hold things in place. Think of the studs on sports shoes as little wedges or 'claws' that bite into soft ground, so cleats give extra grip and help stop you from slipping.