TRICK OR TREAT

Meaning of TRICK OR TREAT in English

a children's Halloween custom, in which they call on neighbors, using this phrase, and threaten to play a trick if a treat is not given.

[ 1940-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TRICK OR TREAT — noun Date: circa 1941 a children's Halloween practice of asking for treats from door to door under threat of playing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TRICK-OR-TREAT — intransitive verb see: trick or treat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TRICK-OR-TREAT — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: trick or treat : to engage in trick or treat • trick-or-treater | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRICK OR TREAT — noun : a Halloween pastime in which children go from door to door asking for goodies supposedly with the idea …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRICK-OR-TREAT — — trick-or-treater , n. /trik"euhr treet"/ , v.i. to become involved or take part in trick or treat. [ 1940-45 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRICK-OR-TREAT — v. (on Halloween) go from door-to-door dressed in a costume and ask for candy and threaten to play tricks if …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TRICK-OR-TREAT — see trick or treat
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRICK OR TREAT — Date: circa 1941 : a children's Halloween practice of asking for treats from door to door under threat of playing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRICK OR TREAT — Function: noun Date: circa 1941 : a children's Halloween practice of asking for treats from door to door under threat …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TRICK OR TREAT — a children's custom of calling at houses at Halloween with the threat of pranks if they are not given a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TRICK OR TREAT — [trick or treat] n (ca. 1941): a children's Halloween practice of asking for treats from door to door under threat …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRICK OR TREAT — said by children who visit people's houses at Halloween and threaten to play tricks on people who do not give …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRICK OR TREAT — ˌtrick or ˈtreat BrE AmE verb 1 . go trick or treating if children go trick or treating, they dress …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRICK OR TREAT — Trick or treat is an activity in which children knock on the doors of houses at Halloween and shout ‘trick …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRICK OR TREAT — Trick or treat is an activity in which children knock on the doors of houses at Halloween and shout ‘~’. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRICK OR TREAT — {n.} The custom of going from house to house on Halloween asking for small gifts and playing tricks on people …
Slang English vocab
TRICK OR TREAT — a traditional activity at Halloween , in which children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
TRICK OR TREAT — {n.} The custom of going from house to house on Halloween asking for small gifts and playing tricks on people …
Словарь английских идиом
TRICK OR TREAT — n. The custom of going from house to house on Halloween asking for small gifts and playing tricks on people …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра 'кошелек или жизнь' детская игра "кошелек или жизнь" (дети ходят от двери к двери и просят их угостить, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра «кошелёк или жизнь» ( дети ходят от двери к двери и просят их угостить, угрожая какой-л. проделкой )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRICK- OR-TREAT — обычный детский клич в Хэллоуин: "Угостите или умрите!"
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра "кошелёк или жизнь"
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра «кошелёк или жизнь» ( дети ходят от двери к двери и просят их угостить, угрожая какой-л. проделкой )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра «кошелёк или жизнь» ( дети ходят от двери к двери и просят их угостить, угрожая какой-л. проделкой )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра "кошелёк или жизнь"
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра "кошелёк или жизнь"
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TRICK OR TREAT — _n. детская игра 'кошелек или жизнь'
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TRICK OR TREAT — n. детская игра 'кошелек или жизнь'
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TRICK- OR-TREAT — обычный детский клич в Хэллоуин: "Угостите или умрите!"
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TRICK OR TREAT — обычный детский клич в Хэллоуин: "Угостите или умрите!"
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TRICK OR TREAT — "Откупись, а то заколдую!" Шутливое требование угощения на празднике Хэллоуин [Halloween]. В США этот обычай восходит к 1930-м, когда была сделана …
TRICK OR TREAT — ("trick or treat") "Откупись, а то заколдую!" Шутливое требование угощения на празднике Хэллоуин [Halloween]. В США этот обычай восходит к …
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра "кошелёк или жизнь" (особенно популярна в Хеллоуин, ночь с 31 октября на 1 ноября, канун Дня всех святых)
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TRICK OR TREAT — детская игра 'кошелек или жизнь' детская игра "кошелек или жизнь" (дети ходят от двери к двери и просят их угостить, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRICK — I. ˈtrik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English trik, from Old North French trique, from trikier to trick, cheat, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREAT — I. ˈtrēt, usu -ēd.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English treten, from Old French traitier to treat, manage, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRICK — (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick …
Английский словарь Webster
TREAT — (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat …
Английский словарь Webster
TREAT — ( v. t. ) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRICK — — tricker , n. — trickingly , adv. /trik/ , n. 1. a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TREAT — — treater , n. /treet/ , v.t. 1. to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRICK — I. ˈtrik noun Etymology: Middle English trikke, from Anglo-French * trik, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Vulgar Latin * …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREAT — I. ˈtrēt verb Etymology: Middle English treten, from Anglo-French treter, traiter, traitier, from Latin tractare to drag about, handle, deal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRICK — adj a toy; a trifle; a plaything. 2. trick ·adj a knot, braid, or plait of hair. 3. trick ·adj …
Webster English vocab
TREAT — noun a parley; a conference. 2. treat ·noun an entertainment given as an expression of regard. 3. treat ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
TRICK — [trick] n [ME trik, fr. ONF trique, fr. trikier to deceive, cheat, fr. (assumed) VL triccare, alter. of L tricari …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREAT — [treat] vb [ME treten, fr. OF traitier, fr. L tractare to drag about, handle, deal with, freq. of trahere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRICK — / trɪk; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun STH TO CHEAT SB 1. something that you do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREAT — / triːt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] BEHAVE TOWARDS SB / STH 1. treat sb/sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRICK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREAT — I. treat 1 S2 W1 /triːt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ treat , ↑ treatment …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRICK — n. & v. --n. 1 an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREAT — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. act or behave towards or deal with (a person or thing) in a certain …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRICK — n. & v. n. 1 an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREAT — v. & n. v. 1 tr. act or behave towards or deal with (a person or thing) in a certain …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRICK — n. & v. --n. 1. an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other …
Oxford English vocab
TREAT — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. act or behave towards or deal with (a person or thing) in a certain …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
TRICK — ( tricks, tricking, tricked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A trick …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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