trick-or-treat

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English

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Children waiting outside a door as they go trick-or-treating

Etymology

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From trick or treat, the phrase stated as a greeting when accosting a household.

Verb

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trick-or-treat (third-person singular simple present trick-or-treats, present participle trick-or-treating, simple past and past participle trick-or-treated)

  1. (intransitive) To go door-to-door asking for candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume.
    Coordinate term: soul (All Souls Day)

Derived terms

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