blue-pencil

== English == === Etymology === From blue +‎ pencil. === Pronunciation === === Verb === blue-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) (transitive) To edit, especially to censor, written documents. (politics, slang) To use a line-item veto. ==== Related terms ==== red-pencil blue pencil doctrine ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === pencil-blue