trunk or treat
noun
variants
or Trunk or Treat
or trunk-or-treat
or Trunk-or-Treat
plural trunk or treats or Trunk or Treats or trunk-or-treats or Trunk-or-Treats
: a Halloween event or practice that usually takes place in a parking lot and in which children wearing costumes collect candy or other treats from the often decorated trunks of participating vehicles
To be certain, trunk or treat is nothing new and has been occurring for decades often in the form of church-based fall festivals.—
John Sharp
If my kids so choose, they can dress up, and we'll attend a trunk-or-treat or go trick-or-treating.—
Rachel Garlinghouse
—sometimes used before another noun… getting to see people in her community come together with their kids is the best part of the trunk or treat event …—
Hasina Shah
Different Halloween activities and trunk-or-treat stations will be set up at multiple locations around town.—
Patrick Holleron and Leah Rainwater
compare trick or treat
trunk or treat
intransitive verb
or trunk-or-treat
trunk or treated or trunk-or-treated; trunk or treating or trunk-or-treating; trunk or treats or trunk-or-treats
Kids made their way down the street, trunk or treating at 40 creatively decorated vehicles, each offering a sweet treat or fun toy.
—
Taren Powell
trunk or treater
noun
or trunk-or-treater
plural trunk or treaters or trunk-or-treaters
A … prize will be given away to one lucky trunk-or-treater who visits each trunk …
—
Morgan Starling
trunk or treating
noun
or trunk-or-treating
Halloween on Granado Street will feature several activities such as trunk-or-treating, … food trucks, games, a haunted maze, a pet parade, a costume contest and a photo booth.
—
Sarah Rubinstein
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