nip off
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Definition
Verb: - To sever or remove something, typically a small part, by pinching or snipping quickly and cleanly.
Usage
This verb describes the action of cutting or removing something, often a small, protruding, or unwanted part, using a quick pinching or snipping motion. It implies a precise and usually swift action.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: While primarily literal, it can be used metaphorically to describe ending something abruptly.
- The editor nipped off the redundant paragraph from the article.
Variants and Related Words
- Nip (verb): To bite or pinch lightly and quickly. (e.g., )
- Snip off (phrasal verb): A very close synonym, meaning to cut off with scissors in a quick, small motion.
- Pinch off (phrasal verb): To remove by squeezing and tearing with the fingers.
Synonyms
- Snip off
- Clip
- Pinch off
- Trim
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Nip out: To go out briefly or quickly.
- I'll just nip out to the shop.
- Nip in: To enter briefly or quickly.
- He nipped in front of me in the queue.
Related Idioms
- Nip something in the bud: To stop something at an early stage before it can develop into something larger or worse.
- We need to nip this bad behavior in the bud.
Verb
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- nip off the flowers