Meanings
verbblue-pencil (third-person singular simple present blue-pencils, present participle (US) blue-penciling or (UK) blue-pencilling, simple past and past participle (US) blue-penciled or (UK) blue-pencilled)
present singular third person blue-pencils · US participle present blue-penciling · UK participle present blue-pencilling · US participle past blue-penciled · US past blue-penciled · UK participle past blue-pencilled · UK past blue-pencilled
- slanggovernmentTo use a line-item veto.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian редактирам, цензурирам
- редактирам (redaktiram)to edit written documents
- цензурирам (cenzuriram)to edit written documents
Chinese Mandarin 修改, 刪除 /删除
- 修改 (xiūgǎi)to edit written documents
- 刪除 /删除 (shānchú)to edit written documents
- 行使部分否決權 /行使部分否决权 (xíngshǐ bùfen fǒujuéquán)use a line-item veto
Finnish käyttää punakynää, käyttää punakynää
- käyttää punakynääto edit written documents
- käyttää punakynääuse a line-item veto
French caviarder
- caviarderto edit written documents
Cite this entry
APA
blue-pencil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-pencil
MLA
“blue-pencil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-pencil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue-pencil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-pencil.
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