nip off

: to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch, bite

: to pinch in (a garment)

: to sever by or as if by pinching sharply

: something that nips: such as

: a sharp biting comment

: a sharp stinging cold

: a small quantity of liquor : sip

: to take liquor in nips : tipple

: from a place or position

: at a distance in space or time

: from a course : aside

used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

: to seaward of

: from the possession or charge of

: seaward

: right

: more removed or distant

: to go away : depart

: kill, murder

: competition : contest