blue-pencil
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
- (politics) To use a line-item veto.
Etymology
Compound from English blue + English pencil.
Origin
English
pencil
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blu-ray English
- Blue Crown English
- Bluebeard English
- Bluegown English
- Blueshirt English
- Bluetooth English
- Bluey English
- Chinese blue English
- Egyptian blue English
- Han blue English
- antiblue English
- blue English
- blue screen English
- blue state English
- blue-collar English
- blue-gray English
- blue-green English
- blue-grey English
- blue-red English
- blue-ringed octopus English
- blueback English
- bluebeat English
- bluebell English
- bluebelly English
- blueberry English
- bluebill English
- bluebird English
- bluebook English
- bluebottle English
- bluebreast English
- bluebunch English
- bluecap English
- bluecoat English
- bluecurls English
- bluefaced English
- bluefin English
- bluefish English
- bluegill English
- bluegrass English
- bluehair English
- bluehead English
- blueish English
- blueism English
- bluejacket English
- blueline English
- blueliner English
- bluely English
- bluen English
- blueness English
- bluenose English
- blueprint English
- blueschist English
- bluescreen English
- blueshift English
- bluestar English
- bluestem English
- bluestockinged English
- bluestone English
- bluestripe English
- bluetail English
- blueth English
- bluethroat English
- bluetongue English
- blueward English
- bluewards English
- bluewash English
- bluewater English
- blueway English
- blueweed English
- bluewing English
- bluey English
- bluing English
- bluish English
- deep blue sea English
- gray-blue English
- grey-blue English
- monoblue English
- nonblue English
- pencil English
- pencil-neck English
- penciler English
- pencillate English
- penciller English
- pencilless English
- pencilliform English
- pencillike English
- pencilly English
- pencilmaker English
- pencilmaking English
- pencilneck English
- pencilwork English
- plushblue English
- reblue English
- red-pencil English
- unblue English
- wine-blue English
- wineblue English
- ブルー Japanese
- blewe Middle English
- pincil Old French
- पेंसिल Hindi
- pensil Indonesian
- పెన్సిలు Telugu
- pensel Malay
- bluu Swahili
- būļu Marshallese
- pinjeļ Marshallese
- ipensile Xhosa
- blu Tok Pisin
- pensil Tok Pisin
- ipenseli Swati
- Bensil Pennsylvania German
- fensir Hausa
- بنسل Gulf Arabic
- blu Bislama
- bulu Fiji Hindi
- buluug Somali
- blue
- bluen
- bluey
- Bluey
- unblue
- bluely
- reblue
- pencil
- bluish
- blueth
- bluing
- blueish
- bluefin
- bluecap
- Blu-ray
- blueway
- nonblue
- blueism
- bluenose
- bluehead
- antiblue
- bluebird
- blueweed
- blueline
- blueback
- blueward
- bluefish
- pencilly
- bluestar
- bluewash
- bluehair
- blue-red
- Han blue
- bluebeat
- bluebell
- penciler
- bluewing
- blueness
- bluestem
- wineblue
- bluebook
- Bluegown
- bluecoat
- bluebill
- bluegill
- monoblue
- bluetail
- gray-blue
- bluestone
- bluebunch
- plushblue
- blueberry
- bluecurls
- Bluetooth
- grey-blue
- penciller
- bluefaced
- Bluebeard
- bluewater
- blueprint
- Blueshirt
- bluegrass
- bluebelly
- blue-gray
- blueliner
- bluewards
- blue-grey
- blueshift
- wine-blue
- bluetongue
- blueschist
- Blue Crown
- bluebottle
- bluebreast
- pencillate
- bluescreen
- blue state
- red-pencil
- blue-green
- pencillike
- bluestripe
- pencilless
- bluethroat
- pencilwork
- pencilneck
- bluejacket
- pencil-neck
- blue-collar
- pencilmaker
- blue screen
- Chinese blue
- pencilliform
- pencilmaking
- Egyptian blue
- deep blue sea
- bluestockinged
- blue-ringed octopus