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

:  a very small bottle of liquor

:  to take liquor in nips :  tipple

:  from a place or position

:  away from land

:  at a distance in space or time

: 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

: office; officer; official