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trimming

[ trim-ing ]

noun

  1. anything used or serving to decorate or complete:

    the trimmings of a Christmas tree.

  2. Usually trimmings. an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish:

    roast turkey with all the trimmings.

  3. trimmings, pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
  4. the act of a person or thing that trims.
  5. Informal. a beating or thrashing.
  6. Informal. a defeat:

    Our team took quite a trimming.



trimming

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noun

  1. an extra piece used to decorate or complete
  2. plural usual or traditional accompaniments

    roast turkey with all the trimmings

  3. plural parts that are cut off
  4. dialect.
    plural ornaments; decorations

    Christmas trimmings

  5. informal.
    a reproof, beating, or defeat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trimming1

First recorded in 1510–20; trim + -ing 1
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