trick-or-treat
trick-or-treat · trick- · trick- · trick-
To go door-to-door requesting candy on Halloween night while wearing a costumeTo go door-to-door requesting candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume.
Meaning
1 sensesTo go door-to-door requesting candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume.
Origin
From trick or treat, the phrase stated as a greeting when accosting a household.From trick or treat, the phrase stated as a greeting when accosting a household.
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Forms
trick-, trick-, trick-, trick-Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.