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Definition 2024

blue-pencil

blue-pencil

English

Verb

blue-pencil

To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
(politics, slang) To use a line-item veto.

Translations

to edit written documents

Bulgarian: редактирам (bg) ‎(redaktiram), цензурирам ‎(cenzuriram)
Chinese:
Mandarin:

Finnish: käyttää punakynää
French:
Spanish:

use a line-item veto

Bulgarian:
Chinese:
Mandarin:

Finnish: käyttää punakynää
French:
Spanish:

Related terms

red-pencil