blue-pencil

1. 1.

   cut or eliminate

   “she edited the juiciest scenes”

   Synonymseditdelete

   Broadercensor

Questions about blue-pencil

What does blue-pencil mean?

blue-pencil means "cut or eliminate".

How many syllables are in blue-pencil?

blue-pencil has 3 syllables: blue--pen-cil. The stress falls on "blue-".

What is another word for blue-pencil?

Close synonyms include edit, delete. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.