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View synonyms for trimming
trimming
[ trim-ing ]
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.
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
- dialect.plural ornaments; decorations
Christmas trimmings
- informal.a reproof, beating, or defeat
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