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trick-or-treating

trick-or-treating noun: the practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats. Also the present participle and gerund of trick-or-treat.

Noun

trick-or-treating (uncountable)

  1. The practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.

Also used as

trick-or-treating is also the present participle and gerund of trick-or-treat.

Forms of trick-or-treating

alternative formtricks or treats

Origin of trick-or-treating

From trick-or-treat + -ing.

Questions about trick-or-treating

What does trick-or-treating mean?
Trick-or-treating means the practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.
What part of speech is trick-or-treating?
Trick-or-treating is a noun.

Words near trick-or-treating in the dictionary

  1. trick wigs
  2. trick-or-treat
  3. trick-or-treated
  4. trick-or-treater
  5. trick-or-treaters
  6. trick-or-treating
  7. trick-or-treats
  8. trickable
  9. trickdom
  10. tricked
  11. tricked off

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