TRICK OR TREAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trick or treat mean? 

• TRICK OR TREAT (noun)
  The noun TRICK OR TREAT has 1 sense:

1. a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse

  Familiarity information: TRICK OR TREAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICK OR TREAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trick or treat" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)