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nip off

v. sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, clip, snip, snip off]

Usage examples of "nip off".

Just be a little bit careful one of the boys don't get kind of curious and nip off a small bite.

You could nip off its legs one by one, or bits of its tail, and, crunching the little morsels, see how it still struggled, as long as its brief life lasted, to get away.

Terrified a herder might rocket along and nip off her legs, Amber punched frantically, grabbed, and clawed.

You could nip off its legs one by one, or bits of his tail, and, crunching the little morsels, see how it still struggled, as long as its brief life lasted, to get away.