trick-or-treating

Speech parts

1. trick-or-treating - Noun

2. trick-or-treating - Verb

Meaning

trick-or-treating (uncountable)

The practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.
Coordinate term: souling

trick-or-treating

present participle of trick-or-treat

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Examples

Sundays tend to be a day where just I do nothing but visit people. It's kind of like trick-or-treating. Chuck Palahniuk

Daylight trick-or-treating is stupid. Gina Barberi

When I was a little girl, I remember carrying my orange UNICEF carton with me as I went Trick-or-Treating. Brandy Norwood

After initially banning trick-or-treating, county officials ammended their guidelines. Source: Internet

Anne Auger, a Catholic mom of three from Helenville, Wisc., said that while she lets her kids dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating, she’s found that she has to screen the houses as they go, avoiding ones that are decorated with scarier things. Source: Internet

At one time, candy apples were commonly given to trick-or-treating children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples in the United States. Source: Internet

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