TRICK OR TREAT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trick or treat" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

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