trick or treat

trick or treat

See also: trick-or-treat

English

Alternative forms

• tricks or treats (dated)

Interjection

trick or treat

1. A form of light-hearted extortion by which children get candy on Halloween.
   • 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.

     Meet the others at the store, / Knock on other people's door / Trick or treat they have no choice, / Little ghost's are makin' lotsa noise

   Synonym: (dated, Ireland) help the Halloween party

Translations

a form of light-hearted extortion by which children get candy on Halloween

Chinese: Mandarin: 不給糖就搗亂／不给糖就捣乱 (bù gěi táng jiù dǎoluàn), 不給糖就搗蛋／不给糖就捣蛋 (bù gěi táng jiù dǎodàn), 乞糖 Danish: slik eller ballade Esperanto: ŝercon aŭ delekton, ruzon aŭ donacon Finnish: karkki tai kepponen French: farce ou friandise (fr), bonbon ou bâton, des bonbons ou un sort German: (in translated movies, TV series etc.) Süßes oder Saures, Süßes, sonst gibt's Saures, Streich oder Süßigkeiten Greek: κέρασμα ή φάρσα (kérasma í fársa) Hebrew: ממתק או ברדק‎ Hungarian: csokit vagy csalunk, csokit vagy csínyt, adsz vagy lesz kapsz, adsz vagy kapsz, ha nem adsz, lesz kapsz, ajándékot vagy megtréfálunk Icelandic: grikk eða gott Irish: cleas nó cóir Italian: dolcetto o scherzetto Japanese: トリックオアトリート (ja) (torikku oa torīto) Korean: 사탕 주면 안 잡아먹지 (satang jumyeon an jabameokji), 사탕 아니면 골탕 (satang animyeon goltang) Mongolian: хуурах уу, дайлах уу (xuurax uu, dajlax uu) Norwegian: knask eller knep Polish: cukierek albo psikus Portuguese: gostosuras ou travessuras Spanish: truco o trato Swedish: bus eller godis (sv) Vietnamese: cho kẹo hay bị ghẹo, lừa hay lộc

See also

• trick-or-treat
• happy Halloween