- present participle of trim.
trimming
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trimmings
plural
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anything used or serving to decorate or complete.
the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
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Usually trimmings an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish.
roast turkey with all the trimmings.
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trimmings, pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
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the act of a person or thing that trims.
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Informal. a beating or thrashing.
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Informal. a defeat.
Our team took quite a trimming.
noun
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an extra piece used to decorate or complete
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(plural) usual or traditional accompaniments
roast turkey with all the trimmings
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(plural) parts that are cut off
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dialect (plural) ornaments; decorations
Christmas trimmings
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informal a reproof, beating, or defeat
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Example Sentences
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That means leaving certain markets and trimming benefits, rather than chasing subscriber gains.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Part of what we’re seeing today is probably traders trimming ahead of results rather than waiting to find out," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Naver’s shares rose 8.2% in Monday morning trading, trimming their year-to-date losses to 7.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Midfielder Andrey Santos joined Manchester United an hour before the media conference, and Alonso was asked whether a lack of European football meant the squad needed trimming.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
A scruffy shrub fence that was in desperate need of trimming leaned all around it.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
For income investors with a value bent, those six have the ingredients of a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Over the summer, James also bought an Austrian company that makes car trimmings and a sealings specialist in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
The residents in West Altadena questioned why the street wasn’t lined with “No Parking” signs typically in place during tree trimmings and why they weren’t notified about the work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
We pickle a lot of the veggies during the season and start vinegars with trimmings.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024
Mutti hands Helmuth a five Pfennig coin and tells him to buy a bag of apple-cake trimmings from Herr Kaltenbach.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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