trick-or-treating

noun

The practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountrick-or-treating (uncountable)

alternative tricks or treats

  1. uncountableThe practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.
verb

alternative tricks or treats

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trick-or-treat

Origin

From trick-or-treat + -ing.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

trick-or-treating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trick-or-treating

MLA

“trick-or-treating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trick-or-treating. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trick-or-treating,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trick-or-treating.

Source: trick-or-treating on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.