Definitions for blue-pencil

blue-pencil blue-pen·cil

Spelling: [bloo-pen-suh l]
IPA: /ˈbluˈpɛn səl/

Blue-Pencil is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in blue-pencil (-bceeillnpu).

Definitions for blue-pencil

verb (used with object)

  1. to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.

Origin of blue-pencil

First recorded in 1885-90

Examples for blue-pencil

You blue-pencil out of my poor paragraphs everything that's interesting.

He handed a map, with red-pencil and blue-pencil markings, along to von Schlichten.

Good and true writing no magazine or newspaper editor will blue-pencil.

He used the editorial "blue-pencil" for alteration and condensation with the hand of a master.

I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly.

Meantime I'll take your advice about my speech, Mac, and blue-pencil the how-to-be-good stuff.

When he begins to blue-pencil that pay-roll, some one is going to be hungry.

Word Value for blue-pencil
Scrable

6

Words with friends

9

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