trimming

plural trimmings

1. uncountableThe act or process of someone who trims.
2. countableAn instance of that act or process.

   I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.

3. countableMaterial that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.

   He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.

4. countablehistoricaluncountableAn ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.

   “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

5. countableuncountableAn accessory or accompaniment.

   Christmas dinner with all the trimmings

6. colloquialcountabledateduncountableA reprimand or chastising.

   to give a boy a trimming

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trim

   I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.