transitive verb
intransitive verb
-·zled, -·zling to make or do (something) awkwardly; esp., to bungle (a stroke in golf)
Origin of foozle
from German fuseln, to bungle an act of foozling; esp., a bad stroke in golf
foozle
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foozle
transitive verb
foo·zled, foo·zling, foo·zlesTo do or deal with poorly or clumsily.
noun
The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf.
Origin of foozle
Perhaps from German dialectal fuseln to work poorly or slowlyRelated Forms:
- foo′zler
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present foozles, present participle foozling, simple past and past participle foozled)
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