"trick-or-treat" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From trick or treat, the phrase stated as a greeting when accosting a household.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trick-or-treat (third-person singular simple present trick-or-treats, present participle trick-or-treating, simple past and past participle trick-or-treated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Halloween",
          "orig": "en:Halloween",
          "parents": [
            "Holidays",
            "Observances",
            "Calendar",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "trick or treat"
        },
        {
          "word": "trick-or-treater"
        },
        {
          "word": "trick-or-treating"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: soul (All Souls Day)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go door-to-door asking for candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume."
      ],
      "id": "en-trick-or-treat-en-verb-MBQMgmlp",
      "links": [
        [
          "door-to-door",
          "door-to-door"
        ],
        [
          "candy",
          "candy"
        ],
        [
          "Halloween",
          "Halloween"
        ],
        [
          "costume",
          "costume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To go door-to-door asking for candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "trick-or-treating"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trick-or-treat"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "trick or treat"
    },
    {
      "word": "trick-or-treater"
    },
    {
      "word": "trick-or-treating"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From trick or treat, the phrase stated as a greeting when accosting a household.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trick-or-treated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trick-or-treat (third-person singular simple present trick-or-treats, present participle trick-or-treating, simple past and past participle trick-or-treated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English coordinated pairs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Halloween"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: soul (All Souls Day)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go door-to-door asking for candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "door-to-door",
          "door-to-door"
        ],
        [
          "candy",
          "candy"
        ],
        [
          "Halloween",
          "Halloween"
        ],
        [
          "costume",
          "costume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To go door-to-door asking for candy on Halloween night while wearing a costume."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "trick-or-treating"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trick-or-treat"
}