🇬🇧 Cleat meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A cleat is a little hard bump or spike on the bottom of a sports shoe that helps your feet grip the ground so you don’t slip and slide while you run, kick, or play.

My cleat got stuck in the grass, so my foot stopped but the rest of me kept running without it.

Mom said, “Don’t wear cleats in the house,” right before I aerated the living room carpet.

I tried to moonwalk in cleats and ended up doing a surprise gravity test instead.

I stepped on my brother’s toe with my cleat, and he suddenly remembered ten new dance moves.

Grandpa put on my cleats and said, “Back in my day we had shoes, not porcupine feet.”

On the wet pitch, she felt a cleat slip. One cleat had come loose; another cleat dug into mud. She pushed a cleat back into the sole, fingers cold, heart pounding. Each cleat found its bite; she ran, cleat spiking turf, holding firm. She smiled, safe, and played on again.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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