- 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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JPM cuts its recommendation on Schneider to neutral from overweight, while trimming its price target to 310 euros from 345 euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
That means trimming exposure to the companies most dependent on cheap capital: small-capitalization companies that are highly leveraged, unprofitable growth stocks and speculative businesses that constantly need to refinance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Carrying that much stock is expensive, so the company is trimming costs where it can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He immediately went to work clearing warehouses of unsold inventory and trimming down Apple’s list of suppliers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
If we were having the wedding in Chicago, there was no trimming the guest list.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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
We try to use as much of the ingredient as possible—repurposing trimmings into stocks or using leftovers creatively.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
Row upon row of elaborate trimmings are composed of interlocking streams of fluid silver, their chain-like pattern more visually felt than precisely illustrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
The air smells like wet grain and hedge trimmings; in the lulls between their footfalls, she can hear a deep, nearly subsonic roar.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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