foozle
to bungle; play clumsily: to foozle a stroke in golf;to foozle on the last hole.
act of foozling, especially a bad stroke in golf.
Origin of foozle
1Words Nearby foozle
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How to use foozle in a sentence
Because I thought you were such a respectable, harmless old foozle that you'd never do anything to deserve it.
The Brass Bottle | F. AnsteyIf I tried a trick out of turn, I might foozle and lose prestige.
Hearts and Masks | Harold MacGrathXuriel apparently did know his job, for the King's ball continued to be as foozle-proof as the Marshal's mashie.
In Brief Authority | F. AnsteyHe was a slow, putterin' kind of an ole foozle, but on the hull a putty decent citizen.
David Harum | Edward Noyes WestcottThe newspapers would denounce me as a treacherous liar—you fellows own or control or foozle them in one way and another.
The Deluge | David Graham Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for foozle
/ (ˈfuːzəl) mainly golf /
to bungle (a shot)
a bungled shot
Origin of foozle
1Derived forms of foozle
- foozler, noun
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