guising
/ˈɡaɪzɪŋ/
noun
- The practice of dressing up in costume, especially at Halloween or other festivals, often to go door-to-door asking for treats or performing.
- Guising is a tradition that dates back hundreds of years.
- In Scotland, children go guising on Halloween, telling jokes or singing songs for sweets.
- The kids spent the afternoon guising around the neighborhood in their spooky costumes.