HyperDic: nip_off

English > 1 sense of the expression nip off:
VERBcontactnip off, nip, clip, snip, snip offsever or remove by pinching or snipping / snipping
English > nip off: 1 sense > verb 1, contact
Meaningsever or remove by pinching or snipping / snipping.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Example"nip off the flowers"
Synonymsnip, clip, snip, snip off
Broadercutseparate with or as if with an instrument
Spanishcortar, tijeretear
Catalanretallar, tallar

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