trick or treatint.n.

Brit.

/ˌtrɪk ɔː ˈtriːt/, U.S.

/ˌtrɪk ər ˈtrit/,

/ˈtrɪk ər ˌtrit/, Canadian English /ˌtrɪk ər ˈtrit/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trick n., or conj.¹, treat n.¹

Etymology: < trick n. + or conj.¹ + treat n.¹Slightly earlier currency might be implied by the use of ‘treats’ not ‘tricks’ in quot. 1923, but compare also use of the interjection treat or trick in quot. 1924: 1923 Morning Leader (Regina, Sask.) 2 Nov. 3/5 Hallowe'en passed off very quietly here. 'Treats' not 'tricks' were the order of the evening.1924 Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate 7 Nov. 4/2 When..public buildings..are molested with no option for ‘Treat or Trick’ we can not see where either fun or trick is enjoyed by the participants.

Originally North American.

A. int.

Used by children to ask for sweets or candy when going from door to door at Halloween, typically while wearing themed costumes.Originally and sometimes with the implication that anyone who is asked and who does not provide sweets or other treats will be subjected to a prank or practical joke.The practice of using trick or treat to ask for sweets and other treats at Halloween seems to have arisen in the Prairie Provinces of Canada in the 1920s, before spreading into the northern and western United States in the 1930s and across the rest of the United States through the 1940s and early 1950s. Since the 1980s, this and related phrases have increased in popularity outside of North America, along with American-style Halloween celebrations generally.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > formulae used in specific games [interjection]

itisket itasket1926

trick or treat1927

1927 Calgary (Alberta) Daily Herald 3 Nov. 22/4 [Referring to Halloween in Blackie, Alberta.] The very young..wandered in droves from door to door, heavily disguised and demanding ‘trick or treat.’ To treat was to be untricked.

1938 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. ii. 8/2 ‘Trick or treat?’ is the terse command as the householder peeks warily around the door. ‘If you don't give us something, we'll play a trick on you.’

1982 Harper's June 72/1 [Referring to Halloween.] When I first moved into the house in New York, little children would ring the bell, shouting, ‘trick or treat.’

2008 L. Goldberg Mr. Monk in Trouble i. 14 Two little kids..stood on his doorstep dressed as a ghost and a mummy... ‘Trick or treat,’ the ghost said, and held out her bag of candy.

B. n.

The practice, usually by children, of going from door to door at Halloween to ask for sweets or candy by saying ‘trick or treat’, typically while wearing themed costumes; trick-or-treating.Recorded earliest as a modifier; cf. Compounds 1.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others

buckle-pit1532

marrowbone1533

put-pin?1577

primus secundus1584

fox in the hole1585

haltering of Hick's mare1585

muss1591

pushpin1598

Jack-in-the-box1600

a penny in the forehead1602

buckerels1649

bumdockdousse1653

peck-point1653

toro1660

wheelbarrow1740

thread-needle1751

thrush-a-thrush1766

runaway ring?1790

Gregory1801

pick-point1801

fighting cocks1807

runaway knock1813

tit-tat-toe1818

French and English1820

honeypots1821

roly-poly1821

tickle-tail1821

pottle1822

King of Cantland1825

tip-top-castle1834

tile1837

statue1839

chip stone1843

hen and chickens1843

king of the castle1843

King Caesar1849

rap-jacket1870

old witch1881

tick-tack-toe1884

twos and threes1896

last across (the road)1904

step1909

king of the hill1928

Pooh-sticks1928

trick or treat1928

stare-you-out1932

king of the mountain1933

dab cricket1938

Urkey1938

trick-or-treating1941

seven-up1950

squashed tomato1959

slot-racing1965

Pog1993

knights-

1928 Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate 25 Oct. 12/6 (advt.) Halloween candy specials... Trick-or-treat candy—give them a better candy at the same price.

1937 Calgary Herald 30 Oct. (Mag. section) 23/5 Mother will have stacked the larder with apples, peanuts, popcorn, candy and cookies, prepared to give ransom in the time honored custom of ‘trick or treat’.

1938 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. ii. 8/2 ‘Trick or treat!’ is the Halloween hijacking game hundreds of Southern Californian youngsters will play tomorrow night as they practice streamlined versions of traditional Allhallows Eve pranks.

1966 Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) 29 Oct. 18/5 I like children to have fun but trick or treat has become so widespread that it has got out of hand for the average treater.

2012 @rabbipete 31 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 24 Sept. 2020) Everyone's out knocking on doors for trick or treat but no one answers the door because they're all out doing trick or treat #halloween.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, for, or relating to trick or treat’, as in trick-or-treat bag, trick-or-treat candy, trick-or-treat costume, etc.

ΚΠ

1928 Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate 25 Oct. 12/6 Halloween candy specials... Trick-or-treat candy—give them a better candy at the same price.

1954 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Oct. 18/4 Now that the ‘Trick or Treat’ season is upon us, let us hope that thoughtful parents will discourage the practice.

1963 Pop. Mech. Oct. 158 (heading) Trick or treat costumes. Six scarey outfits to wear on Hallowe'en.

1982 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 3/1 A tradition of allowing children out on Halloween ‘trick-or-treat’ expeditions.

2009 D. Waters Kiss of Life (e-book ed.) ii He limped up the stairs with a big plastic trick-or-treat bag that had a garish jack-o'-lantern blazing beneath a green and warty witch.

C2.

trick-or-treat night n. an evening on which trick-or-treating takes place, esp. Halloween.

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1940 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 25 Oct. 8/7 Next Thursday is ‘Trick-or-Treat’ night! Cooke's has the candies for the treat..! Clever new Halloween favors, too!

1968 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 11 Oct. 4/4 Mayor John F. Larkin has established the nights of Oct. 25, 26, and 28 as trick or treat nights in Blairsville.

2007 M. Evanick Mistletoe Bay i. 22 Remember, it's only a Halloween costume... I told you even adults sometimes dress up for trick-or-treat night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trick or treat
释义	trick or treatint.n. Brit. /ˌtrɪk ɔː ˈtriːt/, U.S. /ˌtrɪk ər ˈtrit/, /ˈtrɪk ər ˌtrit/, Canadian English /ˌtrɪk ər ˈtrit/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trick n., or conj.¹, treat n.¹ Etymology: < trick n. + or conj.¹ + treat n.¹Slightly earlier currency might be implied by the use of ‘treats’ not ‘tricks’ in quot. 1923, but compare also use of the interjection treat or trick in quot. 1924: 1923 Morning Leader (Regina, Sask.) 2 Nov. 3/5 Hallowe'en passed off very quietly here. 'Treats' not 'tricks' were the order of the evening.1924 Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate 7 Nov. 4/2 When..public buildings..are molested with no option for ‘Treat or Trick’ we can not see where either fun or trick is enjoyed by the participants. Originally North American. A. int. Used by children to ask for sweets or candy when going from door to door at Halloween, typically while wearing themed costumes.Originally and sometimes with the implication that anyone who is asked and who does not provide sweets or other treats will be subjected to a prank or practical joke.The practice of using trick or treat to ask for sweets and other treats at Halloween seems to have arisen in the Prairie Provinces of Canada in the 1920s, before spreading into the northern and western United States in the 1930s and across the rest of the United States through the 1940s and early 1950s. Since the 1980s, this and related phrases have increased in popularity outside of North America, along with American-style Halloween celebrations generally. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > formulae used in specific games [interjection] itisket itasket1926 trick or treat1927 1927 Calgary (Alberta) Daily Herald 3 Nov. 22/4 [Referring to Halloween in Blackie, Alberta.] The very young..wandered in droves from door to door, heavily disguised and demanding ‘trick or treat.’ To treat was to be untricked. 1938 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. ii. 8/2 ‘Trick or treat?’ is the terse command as the householder peeks warily around the door. ‘If you don't give us something, we'll play a trick on you.’ 1982 Harper's June 72/1 [Referring to Halloween.] When I first moved into the house in New York, little children would ring the bell, shouting, ‘trick or treat.’ 2008 L. Goldberg Mr. Monk in Trouble i. 14 Two little kids..stood on his doorstep dressed as a ghost and a mummy... ‘Trick or treat,’ the ghost said, and held out her bag of candy. B. n. The practice, usually by children, of going from door to door at Halloween to ask for sweets or candy by saying ‘trick or treat’, typically while wearing themed costumes; trick-or-treating.Recorded earliest as a modifier; cf. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1928 Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate 25 Oct. 12/6 (advt.) Halloween candy specials... Trick-or-treat candy—give them a better candy at the same price. 1937 Calgary Herald 30 Oct. (Mag. section) 23/5 Mother will have stacked the larder with apples, peanuts, popcorn, candy and cookies, prepared to give ransom in the time honored custom of ‘trick or treat’. 1938 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. ii. 8/2 ‘Trick or treat!’ is the Halloween hijacking game hundreds of Southern Californian youngsters will play tomorrow night as they practice streamlined versions of traditional Allhallows Eve pranks. 1966 Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) 29 Oct. 18/5 I like children to have fun but trick or treat has become so widespread that it has got out of hand for the average treater. 2012 @rabbipete 31 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 24 Sept. 2020) Everyone's out knocking on doors for trick or treat but no one answers the door because they're all out doing trick or treat #halloween. Compounds C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, for, or relating to trick or treat’, as in trick-or-treat bag, trick-or-treat candy, trick-or-treat costume, etc. ΚΠ 1928 Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate 25 Oct. 12/6 Halloween candy specials... Trick-or-treat candy—give them a better candy at the same price. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Oct. 18/4 Now that the ‘Trick or Treat’ season is upon us, let us hope that thoughtful parents will discourage the practice. 1963 Pop. Mech. Oct. 158 (heading) Trick or treat costumes. Six scarey outfits to wear on Hallowe'en. 1982 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 3/1 A tradition of allowing children out on Halloween ‘trick-or-treat’ expeditions. 2009 D. Waters Kiss of Life (e-book ed.) ii He limped up the stairs with a big plastic trick-or-treat bag that had a garish jack-o'-lantern blazing beneath a green and warty witch. C2. trick-or-treat night n. an evening on which trick-or-treating takes place, esp. Halloween. ΚΠ 1940 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 25 Oct. 8/7 Next Thursday is ‘Trick-or-Treat’ night! Cooke's has the candies for the treat..! Clever new Halloween favors, too! 1968 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 11 Oct. 4/4 Mayor John F. Larkin has established the nights of Oct. 25, 26, and 28 as trick or treat nights in Blairsville. 2007 M. Evanick Mistletoe Bay i. 22 Remember, it's only a Halloween costume... I told you even adults sometimes dress up for trick-or-treat night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1927
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