/trim"ing/ , n.
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.
[ 1510-20; TRIM + -ING 1 ]