Word Direct Answers

What does "trimming" mean?

Trimming: The act of one who trims.

Additional senses

  1. 2.That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings..
  2. 3.The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming. [Colloq.]

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