trick-or-treat

See also: trick or treat

English

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

Etymology

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

Verb

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

• trick or treat
• trick-or-treater
• trick-or-treating