<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.</li><li>Usually trimmings.</li><li>an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish: roast turkey with all the trimmings.</li><li>trimmings, pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.</li><li>the act of a person or thing that trims.</li><li>Informal: a beating or thrashing.</li><li>Informal: a defeat: Our team took quite a trimming.</li></ul>