trimming
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪmɪŋ/
Noun
trimming (countable and uncountable, plural trimmings)
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5:
- “You must know I commissioned a particular friend of mine, Miss Moffat, to buy me a trimming when she went to Paris […].”
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5:
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
- (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.
- to give a boy a trimming
Verb
trimming
- present participle of trim
- I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.