cleated shoes

Gripping athletic footwear

Cleated shoes have small protrusions on the sole—cleats—that dig into soft ground for better traction.

Athletes wear them for sports played on grass or dirt: football, soccer, baseball, golf.

The cleats may be molded plastic or detachable metal spikes.

You can't wear cleated shoes on the gym floor.

Related

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Opposites
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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G