trimmingn.
/ˈtrɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtrɪmɪŋ/ The action of trim v.
1.
a. Making trim, putting in order, equipment, preparation; repairing, putting right; spec. Nautical the fitting out, repairing, or cleaning the bottom of a ship: see trim v. 2 – 6.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in order or making tidy
redding1450
reding1493
trimming1519
fettling1847
setting-to-rights1847
slicking1855
tidying1867
snugging1886
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships
tackling1486
trimming1519
reeking1565
1519–20 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 304 Paid for Trymmyng of the courten of our ladys tabernacle... Paid to a carpenter for Trymmyng of the peyse of the pyx.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. vi. 36 The trimming and gathering of the mastick.
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 30 Such things which wee weare to have from the carvells for the speedie dispatchinge of our admeralls trimminge.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 254/2 Upon the return of the clean Squadron to Sea, whilst the other Squadron is in Trimming.
b. Adornment, decoration, dressing up; making neat or smart; also cutting, clipping, shearing (literal and figurative); †spec. cutting of the hair (obsolete).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > trimming or decking out
performinga1427
trimmingc1525
tricking1549
finifying1674
top-dressing1846
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)
shearingc1315
paring1319
concision1382
shaving1390
thwiting1393
forcingc1440
trousing1512
trimmingc1525
circumcision1581
snipping1583
clipping1589
snip-snap1597
trim1608
whittling1614
collinga1628
shripping1635
snippery1639
undercuttinga1652
exscindinga1677
nipping1693
snip-snapping1906
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > cutting or shaving
dodding?c1225
shearingc1315
shaving138.
tonsure1390
pollinga1400
clippingc1440
rasure1483
barbing1485
trimmingc1525
colling1575
tonsuring1811
detonsure1819
pogonotomy1896
poodling1907
razor cutting1952
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > trimming
trimmingc1525
c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Aiiiv What trimmyng what payntyng to make fayrnes.
1554–5 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 176 Counterfet pearle for the trymynge & garnishing of the womens hedpeces and fruntes of their visars.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. G8 They [sc. the barbers] haue inuented such strange fashions and monstrous maners of cuttings, trimmings, shauings.
1638 Archdeaconry Essex Min. lf. 3 b (MS.) Edwardus Geary presentatus for trymeing of men on the Saboath day in tyme of divine service.
1693 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 258 For the Beadle's blew cote triming and making, 19 s. 6 d.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Trimming, Cheating People of their Money.
1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 320 To have them all whole and tight in the same Cloaths and Trimming must add to the Comliness of the Sight.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 171 Trimming is the modelling or clipping from time to time of the already rough shorn sheep.
c. plural. Pieces cut off in trimming something; parings, cuttings, scraps.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip > shavings, chippings, or clippings
eavesinga800
snipperings1599
rounding1683
trimmings1805
scissoring1843
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 116 Where there are coppices of young wood,..fences..may be formed at very small expence by the trimmings from them.
1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 27 The trimmings of any description of game..may be used for making the above sauce.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 667 The strongest glue..from the ears and refuse trimmings of thick hides in general.
1881 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. The scraps and trimmings of joints,..good meat, true meat, often cut from the primest parts of the animal.
1912 Daily News 21 Mar. 4 The bodger's fire of beech trimmings.
2. concrete. Adornment, array; esp.
a. Any ornamental addition to the bare fabric of a dress, etc. Also figurative. Chiefly plural.In quot. 1625 = the trappings of the sacrificial victim. Cf. quot. 1697 at trim v. 7.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation
pertinencea1513
garnish1527
trapping1596
trimming1625
trim1665
garniture1668
trimmage1693
fixing1820
fakement1843
doings1847
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun]
guardinga1538
basting1592
trimming1625
stringing1722
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. v. 255 Must this pompe, this attire, this beauty, be the trimmings to offer mee a Sacrifice to Sicilies infernall gods?
a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. v. 226 What fool is so sottish as to bestow precious Trimming upon a Penitential Garment?
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 51 Every Man has a Doublet: So every Man has his Religion. We differ about Trimming.
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1765) 24 Those unnecessary Trimmings of Lace, Ribbands, and useless Buttons.
1850 H. Rogers Ess. II. iv. 205 Discourses..garnished with a trimming of French terms and phrases.
1906 Temple Bar Jan. 33 Tunics..of darker grey with ‘trimmings’.
b. plural. Accessories, usual accompaniments; e.g. to the bare fabric of a house, to a joint of meat, etc. Frequently in all the trimmings. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies > accompaniments
pertinent1396
trimming1612
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament > trimmings
all the trimmings1927
the icing on the cake1969
1612 T. Bodley Will in Macray Ann. Bodleian (1880) 407 There shelues, deskes, seates, and other needeful trimings.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 47 The leg of mutton and trimmings had been paid for over and over.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvi. 393 A boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.
1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxx. 11 Style, which is only the trimmings of the dish.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 29 Apr. 4/2 Agricultural and mechanical implements, house trimmings, locks, latches, and hinges.
1927 D. Parker in New Yorker 29 Oct. 93/1 He was praised, adored, analyzed, bestsold, argued about, and banned in Boston; all the trimmings were accorded him.
1946 M. Dickens Happy Prisoner ix. 195 If he..had to start his illness all over again, with transfusions and penicillin and all the trimmings, it would be their fault.
1949 R. Harvey Curtain Time 148 Turkey and all the trimmings.
1973 Times 25 Apr. 8/2 Those rich romantics or fantasists who still wish to enter matrimony with a gracious splash can hire for a day the ancestors, the family retainers, their own private stately home and all the trimmings, in the centre of London.
1981 ‘W. Haggard’ Money Men iii. 35 He had a passion for silverside, all the trimmings—carrots and onions and small sweet dumplings.
1984 Times 6 Apr. 21/2 Next week he unveils his..personal computer which is said to have all the trimmings but with a no-frills price.
c. The upholstery or interior lining of a motor vehicle. Cf. trim n. 4h.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > lining or upholstery
headlining1912
trim1922
trimming1938
head liner1961
1938 Motor 8 Nov. 2/1 (advt.) 1937, colour scheme green, suitable leather trimming, comprehensively equipped.
1948 Motor 3 Nov. 385/1 The windscreen is slightly vee'd. Interior trimming is grey leather and the price is £3,775.
3. A beating, a drubbing; a sharp censure.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person
threshingOE
sousingc1580
rib-roast1595
basting1599
swingeing1603
cuffing1610
lamming1611
rib-roasting1613
mauling1621
pinking1637
drubbing1650
diverberation1651
verberation1661
trimming1675
rib1699
thrashing1720
dousing1721
fagging1746
bumping1751
dusting1799
clapperclawing1806
milling1806
hiding1809
punishment1811
doing1814
bethumping1831
mugging1846
jacketing1850
frailing1851
pasting1851
towelling1851
tanning1863
fum-fum1885
ribbing1894
paddywhack1898
tanking1905
beating-up1915
shellacking1931
sloshing1931
clobbering1948
twatting1963
duffing-up1967
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of
Kyrie15..
Kyrie eleison1528
chide1538
wormwood lecture1640
rant1663
scold1726
trimming1763
blowing up1772
set-to1774
set-down1780
ragging1788
scouting1794
hurl?a1800
hearing1816
heckling1832
twisting1834
downsetting1842
going-over1843
shrewing1847
call1862
tongue-lashing1881
tongue-walking1888
telling-off1893
rousting1900
lumps1935
fourpenny one1936
rucking1958
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gii Tushe these maters..are but soppys in ale your trymynge and tramynge by me must be tangyd.
1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo Pref. They..would doubtless interpose, and bestow a deserved Trimming upon the Book, and make it doe Penance in its own sheets.
1763 Ld. Halifax Let. 24 Sept. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 360 That superficial pert Gentleman has got a thorough trimming from the Duke.
1787 S. Trimmer Two Farmers (1788) 21 It was a cruel trick and he deserves a good trimming for it.
1823 W. H. Pyne Wine & Walnuts (1824) I. xviii. 215 He expected another trimming on the usual topic, his vanity.
4. Nautical. The adjustment of a ship's balance, load, sails, etc. as in trim v. 13 – 15.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > adjustment of ship's balance
trimming1627
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. viii. 34 The Master is to see the cunning of the ship, and trimming of the sailes.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 54 The trimming of a ship doth much amend or impaire her sailing... To finde her trim, that is, how she will saile best.
5. The action of balancing or poising; the stowing or arrangement of cargo or coal in the hold of a ship in such a way as to keep her trim.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium > balancing
poising1545
balancing1612
equilibrationa1613
equiponderation1656
trimmingc1796
antilibration1831
balancement1862
c1796 T. Twining Trav. Amer. (1894) 96 The wagon..was so often depressed in the soft ground and old ruts on one side, that the passengers were obliged to press towards the other. Without this perpetual trimming we should certainly have been overturned.
1893 Times 10 July 13/6 The apparatus..has a working capacity of 100 tons per hour, and by it all trimming of the cargo is obviated.
1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 41 §1 Work done..in connection with the stowing or discharging of cargoes..or the trimming of coal on board that ship.
6. figurative. Balancing between opinions or parties so as to remain in favour with both sides: see trim v. 17.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming
time servicea1555
temporizing1590
time-serving1608
temporizement1647
trimming1696
time-servingness1742
temporization1761
tide-serving1819
mongrelism1831
mugwumpism1886
1696 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 223 Having them~selves serv'd all turns, that ever happen'd in their time,..they had the Face to upbraid others for their Changing and Trimming.
1760 W. Law Spirit of Prayer ii. 91 Management, prudence, or an artful trimming betwixt God and mammon, are here all in vain.
1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1941) 160 An attempt to govern par bascule—by trimming betwixt the opposite parties.
1882 A. Bain James Mill iv. 194 The opposition was founded on Brougham's trimming to the Church.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
trimming-blade n.
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1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 255 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Figure 8 represents the trimming hook, and Figure 9 the trimming blade.
trimming-hook n.
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1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 255 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Figure 8 represents the trimming hook.
trimming-tool n.
b. (In sense 2a.)
trimming-maker n.
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1819 London P.O. Direct. 84 Crooks' & Co. Trimming-makers, 98 Wood-street.
1896 C. K. Paul tr. J.-K. Huysman En Route ii. vi. 262 The religious trimming-makers could trim these watered and plain silks with silver and gold.
trimming-manufacturer n.
trimming-merchant n.
trimming-shop n.
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1854 M. T. Morrall Hist. Needle-making (ed. 2) 22 Which soon brought them [needles] into demand in the trimming shops of London.
C2. Special combinations (in some of which trimming may be the ppl. adj.).
trimming-basin n. a barber's basin.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > basin or dish
trimming-basin1683
barber's basin1755
sud-dish1892
1683 London Gaz. No. 1820/4 A Silver Trimming-Bason and a Pot, two Silver Candle-sticks.
trimming-board n. a board on which paper is trimmed.
trimming-can n. see quot.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Trimming-can, a small tin vessel with a spout, for pouring oil into a table-lamp.
trimming flap n. = trimming tab n. below.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > trimming tab or flap
trimming plane1921
tab1934
trimmer1935
trimming flap1935
trimming tab1935
trim tab1944
1935 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 39 1038 The ailerons and elevators require trimming flaps sufficient to enable the airplane to be flown ‘hands off’.
trimming gear n. Aeronautics apparatus for altering the angle of the tailplane of an aircraft.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > mechanisms or attachments of control surfaces
cloche1912
horn1920
trimming gear1922
trimming wheel1941
1922 Flight 14 416/1 The tail plane, for which a very substantial worm trimming gear is provided, has spars of straight taper, spindled out to an I section.
1933 Aeroplane 5 Apr. 606/1 There was some mechanical stiffness in the ailerons and no tail trimming gear had yet been rigged.
trimming-joist n. a joist into which the end of a trimmer (sense 4) is fitted.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > joist > types of
bridge1420
trimming-joist?1677
binding-joist1679
bridging1733
bridging joist1733
bay1823
trimming-piece1833
trimmed joist1876
RSJ1940
tail-joist-
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 81 Binding-Joysts with their Trimming-Joysts.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 137 These Joysts, Trimmers and Trimming Joysts, are all to be pinned into their respective Mortesses.
trimming-machine n. see quot.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > other lathes
pole-lathe1815
throw-lathe1875
turret-lathe1875
transfer-lathe1877
trimming-machine1877
portrait lathea1884
semi-automatic1902
chamfering lathe1921
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > other
thumb-stall1589
stopping sticka1600
dresser1600
heel-block1600
rubbing pin1600
stopper1600
petty boy1688
shoe-bench1841
shoe hairs1859
fudge-wheel1874
shoe-hammer1875
size-stick1875
trimming-machine1877
heel breaster1879
slugger1892
waist-hammer1895
waist-iron1895
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Trimming-machine, 1. a species of lathe for trimming the edges of stamped hollow-ware, such as sheet-metal pans... 2. (Boot-making), a machine for trimming the edge of uppers.
trimming-piece n. = trimming-joist n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > joist > types of
bridge1420
trimming-joist?1677
binding-joist1679
bridging1733
bridging joist1733
bay1823
trimming-piece1833
trimmed joist1876
RSJ1940
tail-joist-
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §234 The trimmer arch, w, is shown abutting against the trimming piece.
trimming plane n. Aeronautics a control surface used to trim an aircraft.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > trimming tab or flap
trimming plane1921
tab1934
trimmer1935
trimming flap1935
trimming tab1935
trim tab1944
1921 Flight 13 325/2 A trimming plane is installed just ahead of the tail plane, which can be adjusted in flight from the pilot cabin by a wheel.
trimming-room n. see quots.
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1875 Guide Royal Porcelain Wks. 17 The ware..is then taken..into the trimming room, where any superfluous glaze is taken off.
trimming-shear n. = trimming-room n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > equipment for cutting > machine
trimming-shear1877
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Trimming-shear, a machine for trimming wool borders on..mats.
trimming spout n. a jointed spout delivering grain, sand, or the like from an elevator into a ship or truck, so as to distribute it over the available space ( Cent. Dict., Suppl. 1909).
trimming tab n. Aeronautics an adjustable tab or aerofoil attached to a control surface, and used to trim the aircraft; spec. one which can be adjusted by the pilot in flight.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > trimming tab or flap
trimming plane1921
tab1934
trimmer1935
trimming flap1935
trimming tab1935
trim tab1944
1935 Aircraft Engineering Dec. 297 The trimming tab is quite revolutionary in its simplicity.
1942 W. Simpson One of our Pilots is Safe ii. 42 To twist the trimming tab controls for rudder and elevator.
1950 Engineering 29 Sept. 269/3 All the control surfaces are provided with trimming tabs.
trimming-tank n. a water-tank in the bow or stern of a ship which is filled or emptied as the trim of the ship demands.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > device to increase or adjust buoyancy > specific
air chamber1664
air-box1744
trimming-tank1903
squatboard1905
sponson1968
1903 Q. Rev. July 119 The trimming-tanks..assist in keeping the boat on an even keel.
trimming wheel n. Aeronautics a control wheel used to trim an aircraft by its action on the tailplane.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > movable control surface > mechanisms or attachments of control surfaces
cloche1912
horn1920
trimming gear1922
trimming wheel1941
1941 D. Masters So Few 99 The trimming wheel is a device which acts upon the tailplane in order to take the physical strain off the pilot.
1956 D. Barnham One Man's Window 153 I start turning the trimming wheel to ease me out of this dive.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
trimmingadj.
a. That trims, in various senses of the verb; making trim, adorning, decorating; clipping, paring; colloquial or slang, ‘stunning’, ‘rattling’, excellent.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
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1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 187 We will referre amongste the trimmyng waters also, those waters wherwith whelkes and litle Pushes or Biles in the face, are made hoale.
1778 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 341 Such trimming gales as would make such a landsman as you stare.
1825 Sporting Mag. 15 340 I did not minute this run, but..it must have been a trimming one.
1828 Sporting Mag. 21 297 Lord Cleveland's hounds have.. had a trimming day in their Bedale country.
1896 Daily News 31 Jan. 5/5 Expert dressmakers, forewomen, embroiderers, and trimming~women have been recruited for her wardrobe workroom.
b. Following a neutral or middle course between opposed principles or parties, esp. when this is done to stand in favour with both.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > temporizing or trimming
time-serving1571
temporizing1600
fair-weathered1608
yea-and-nay1672
fair-weather1677
trimming1683
sunshine1742
1683 Trimmer Catechised 1 You follow..the Old Trimming Jews..who sometimes worship God, and sometimes Baal.
1685 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 141 It was [a] luke~warm, trimming sermon.
1686 W. Hopkins tr. Ratramnus Body & Bl. (1688) Dissert. ii. 32 He now passeth at best but for a Trimming Catholick, with F. Cellot and his Friends.
c1780 J. Harris in G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1876) X. xx. 429 An ambiguous and trimming answer was given.
1793 G. Rose in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 165 The politics of his paper were very trimming.
Derivatives
ˈtrimmingly adv.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
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like one o'clock1901
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > trimmingly
trimmingly1719
temporizingly1847
1719 Free-thinker No. 118. 1 He will neither Philosophize Trimmingly..nor reason Intemperately.
1789 A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. (1903) 97 The next day I had the gout trimmingly [cf. quots. 1778 at sense a, 1825 at sense a, 1828 at sense a].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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