I put a cleat in his mouth.
Source: tatoeba (6579452)
Cleat
//kliːt//
Synonyms for "cleat" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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15 entriescoordinate
6 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
Translations
50 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- кабър noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- кнехт noun (device to secure a rope)
Czech
3 entries- kolík noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- rohatinka noun (device to secure a rope)
- vazák noun (device to secure a rope)
Dutch
3 entries- kikker noun (device to secure a rope)
- klamp noun (device to secure a rope)
- nop noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Finnish
4 entries- knaapi noun (device to secure a rope)
- knaappi noun (device to secure a rope)
- köysipidin noun (device to secure a rope)
- nappula noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
French
2 entries- crampon noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- taquet noun (device to secure a rope)
German
2 entries- Klampe noun (device to secure a rope)
- Stollen noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Icelandic
2 entries- klampi noun (device to secure a rope)
- krussholt noun (device to secure a rope)
Italian
2 entries- galloccia noun (device to secure a rope)
- tacchetto noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Macedonian
2 entries- копачка noun (athletic shoe equipped with cleats)
- крампон noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Norman
1 entries- tatchet noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Norwegian
1 entries- kryssholt noun (device to secure a rope)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ماندال noun (device to secure a rope)
Polish
3 entries- knaga noun (device to secure a rope)
- korek noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- korek noun (athletic shoe equipped with cleats)
Portuguese
4 entries- chuteira noun (athletic shoe equipped with cleats)
- grampo noun (device to secure a rope)
- malagueta noun (device to secure a rope)
- trava noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Romanian
1 entries- crampon noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Russian
3 entries- крепительная у́тка noun (device to secure a rope)
- у́тка noun (device to secure a rope)
- шип noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȉtva noun (device to secure a rope)
- би̏тва noun (device to secure a rope)
Spanish
4 entries- cala noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- chimpún noun (athletic shoe equipped with cleats)
- cornamusa noun (device to secure a rope)
- suela noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
Swedish
3 entries- dobb noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- dubb noun (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe)
- knap noun (device to secure a rope)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кнага noun (device to secure a rope)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I put a cleat to him.
Source: tatoeba (6579453)
[...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats, something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.
Source: wiktionary
I had learned that cattle willingly walk down a ramp that has cleats to provide secure, nonslip footing.
Source: wiktionary
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