trimming
[ trim-ing ]
/ ˈtrɪm ɪŋ /
noun
anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
Usually trimmings.
an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish: roast turkey with all the trimmings.
trimmings,
pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
the act of a person or thing that trims.
Informal.
a beating or thrashing.
Informal.
a defeat: Our team took quite a trimming.
Words nearby trimming
trimetric,
trimetric projection,
trimetrogon,
trimmer,
trimmer arch,
trimming,
trimodal,
trimolecular,
trimonthly,
trimorph,
trimorphism
Definition for trimming (2 of 2)
Origin of trim
before 900; probably continuing Old English
trymman, trymian to strengthen, prepare (not recorded in ME), derivative of
trum strong, active; akin to Irish
dron strong, Greek
drȳmós coppice, Latin
dūrus hard. See
tree
OTHER WORDS FROM trim
trim·ly, adverb trim·ness, noun o·ver·trim, verb, o·ver·trimmed, o·ver·trim·ming. pre·trim, verb, pre·trimmed, pre·trim·ming.British Dictionary definitions for trimming (1 of 3)
trimming
/ (ˈtrɪmɪŋ) /
noun
an extra piece used to decorate or complete
(plural)
usual or traditional accompaniments
roast turkey with all the trimmings
(plural)
parts that are cut off
(plural) dialect
ornaments; decorations
Christmas trimmings
informal
a reproof, beating, or defeat
British Dictionary definitions for trimming (2 of 3)
trim
/ (trɪm) /
adjective trimmer or trimmest
verb trims, trimming or trimmed (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of trim
trimly, adverb trimness, nounWord Origin for trim
Old English
trymman to strengthen; related to
trum strong, Old Irish
druma tree, Russian
drom thicket
British Dictionary definitions for trimming (3 of 3)
Trim
/ (trɪm) /
noun
the county town of Meath, Republic of Ireland; 12th-century castle, medieval cathedral; textiles and machinery. Pop: 5894 (2002)