- anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
- an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish: roast turkey with all the trimmings.
- pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
- the act of a person or thing that trims.
- a beating or thrashing.
- a defeat: Our team took quite a trimming.
- an extra piece used to decorate or complete
- usual or traditional accompaniments
- parts that are cut off
- ornaments; decorations
- a reproof, beating, or defeat