| 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. |