Trick Or Treat (Noun)
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The phrase "trick or treat" is traditionally shouted by children on Halloween when they go door-to-door collecting candy.
- On Halloween, the neighborhood kids would go from house to house, chanting "trick or treat" in hopes of scoring some candy.
- Their costume-clad kids walked up the walkway, shouting out a cheerful "trick or treat" as they awaited their goodies.
- At the door, the group of kids shouted "trick or treat" and held out their pillowcases, ready to collect their treats.
- Many of the kids yelled out "trick or treat" and laughed as they made their way from house to house, collecting an impressive haul of candy.