trimming: Meaning and Definition of

trim•ming

1. anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
2. Usually,an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish: roast turkey with all the trimmings.
3. pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
4. the act of a person or thing that trims.
5. a beating or thrashing.
6. a defeat: Our team took quite a trimming.