trick or treat
trick or treat
nounDefinition 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
Examples of TRICK OR TREAT
- We got all dressed up for trick or treat.
- When the door opened the kids all shouted “Trick or treat!”.
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
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