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
Zalman	-	Yiddish
Gianmarco	jahn-MAHR-ko	Italian
Clarette	-	English (Rare)
Ljubomir	-	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Clementine	klə-mawn-TEEN	French
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,