trick-or-treatingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌtrɪk.ɔːˈtriː.tɪŋ/us/ˌtrɪk.ɔːrˈtriː.t̬ɪŋ/an activity in which children dress up as magical or frightening creatures or as characters from a story on Halloween (= 31 October ), and visit people's homes to demand sweets
go trick-or-treating
If children go trick-or-treating, they visit people's houses on Halloween to ask for sweets.
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