NOUN
- a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse
How To Use trick or treat In A Sentence
- It is so lovely to view the sweet innocence of the ghouls and hobgoblins who visit our thresholds, calling out ‘trick or treat’, often accompanied by imaginative verse of their own making.
- MOOS: As Obama went from house to house like a trick or treater, there were a few squeals. CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2008
- They often wear scary clothes to knock on their neighbors'doors and shout, trick or treat.
- No age limit on Gwinnett police Taser policy | ajc. com: Last week's use of a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed 14-year-old trick or treater is within Gwinnett County police policy, which has no age provision, police said. Archive 2007-11-04
- You can cut the top of a pumpkin, drop in apiece of plastic and leave candy for the Trick or Treaters. depending on where you live, this may or may not work. Courtney Cachet: Halloween Decor All Grown Up
- I shall not need a horror mask when I open the door to the young scallawags who come trick or treating on Hallowe'en.
- Since we're about, I don't know, 20 hours ahead or something, we've already HAD Halloween - and not a single trick or treater. Sick but not Dead (Sick is better); have fun for me?
- She could make the blood run cold of any trick or treater darkening the door of her house tomorrow night. Heckling, H1N1, sexism, politics, poor taste and an apology - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca
- Trick or Treat bonus links: Dubner wrote about Pirates earlier this month, during a lull in piratical activity. Scarier Halloween Costume: A Pirate, or Kim Jong-il? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
- Just think, by the time you go trick or treating tonight, eat all the candy tomorrow, and get sick from all the candy on Sunday- batta bing batta boom-it will already be Monday and just the eve of Election Night U.S.A. Morning Buzz: I Can Feel Momentum