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say it: kleet
cleat is a noun and verb meaning "a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping". It carries 5 recorded senses.
a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cleat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.