nip off

1. 1.

   sever or remove by pinching or snipping

   “nip off the flowers”

   Synonymsnipclipsnipsnip off

   Broadercut

Questions about nip off

What does nip off mean?

nip off means "sever or remove by pinching or snipping".

What is another word for nip off?

Close synonyms include nip, clip, snip, snip off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nip off a common word?

nip off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.