cleats

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shoes with points on the bottom worn for sports:

He once slept in his cleats the night before a game.

I turned up wearing trainers when everyone else had cleats.

This US soccer star is hanging up his cleats (= giving up playing football).

We heard the deafening noise of fifty pairs of cleats clattering down the tunnel.

We put on our pads, cleats, and helmets and prepared to play football.