nip off

nip something off (of) something

and nip something off

to clip or cut something off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Let me nip a few blossoms off the rosebush. I nipped off a few blossoms and made a bouquet.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gazsi	GAW-zhee	Hungarian
Charissa	kə-RIS-ə	English
Columbanus	-	Late Roman
Ernest	UR-nəst (English)	English, French, Slovene, Polish
Kristoffer	KREES-tof-fer (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Wate	-	Frisian