foozle
[ foo-zuhl ]
verb (used with or without object),foo·zled, foo·zling.
to bungle; play clumsily: to foozle a stroke in golf;to foozle on the last hole.
noun
act of foozling, especially a bad stroke in golf.
Origin of foozle
1First recorded in 1825–35; perhaps from dialectal German fuseln “to work badly, clumsily, hurriedly”
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How to use foozle in a sentence
One of them writes the thing; you simply keep them from foozling the phrases now and then.
The Imitator | Percival Pollard
British Dictionary definitions for foozle
foozle
/ (ˈfuːzəl) mainly golf /
verb
to bungle (a shot)
noun
a bungled shot
Origin of foozle
1C19: perhaps from German dialect fuseln to do slipshod work
Derived forms of foozle
- foozler, noun
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