"trick-or-treating" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: trick-or-treat + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trick-or-treat|ing}} trick-or-treat + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} trick-or-treating (uncountable)
  1. The practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Halloween
    Sense id: en-trick-or-treating-en-noun-tLtiycBc Disambiguation of Halloween: 65 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tricks or treats [dated]

Verb

Etymology: trick-or-treat + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trick-or-treat|ing}} trick-or-treat + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} trick-or-treating
  1. present participle and gerund of trick-or-treat Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: trick-or-treat
    Sense id: en-trick-or-treating-en-verb-hIQddoMQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tricks or treats [dated]

Alternative forms

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