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The Britannica Dictionary trick or treat 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• trick or treat (noun)

trick or treat noun trick or treat noun Britannica Dictionary definition of TRICK OR TREAT [noncount] : 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

• We got all dressed up for trick or treat.
• When the door opened the kids all shouted “Trick or treat!”

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— trick–or–treater

noun, plural trick–or–treaters [count]

• We had a lot of trick-or-treaters at our house this year.

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— trick–or–treating

noun [noncount]

• The kids went trick-or-treating.

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