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trick or treat
noun
: a custom on Halloween in which children knock on people's doors and say “trick or treat” when the doors are opened to ask for candy
Full Definition of TRICK OR TREAT
: a children's Halloween practice of asking for treats from door to door under threat of playing tricks on those who refuse
— trick–or–treat intransitive verb
— trick–or–treater noun
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First Known Use of TRICK OR TREAT
circa 1941
Rhymes with TRICK OR TREAT
aquavit, at one's feet, balance sheet, biathlete, bittersweet, booster seat, bucket seat, catbird seat, cellulite, cookie sheet, corps d'elite, countryseat, county seat, crystal pleat, decathlete, drag one's feet, driver's seat, easy street, exegete, incomplete, indiscreet, latent heat, letter sheet, lorikeet, make ends meet, marguerite, Masorete, meadowsweet, meet and greet, miss a beat, Nayarit, obsolete, off one's feet, on one's feet, on the street, overeat, overheat, Paraclete, parakeet, pentathlete, prickly heat, rumble seat, saddle seat, scandal sheet, self-conceit, semisweet, shredded wheat, sliding seat, spirochete, superheat, to one's feet, triathlete, two-way street, undertreat, up one's street, winding-sheet, window seat
TRICK OR TREAT Defined for Kids
trick or treat
noun
Definition of TRICK OR TREAT for Kids
: a children's Halloween practice of going around usually in costume asking for treats
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