foozle

[foo-zuhl]

verb (used with or without object)

foozled, foozling 

1. to bungle; play clumsily.

   to foozle a stroke in golf;

   to foozle on the last hole.

noun

1. act of foozling, especially a bad stroke in golf.

foozle

/ ˈfuːzəl /

verb

1. to bungle (a shot)

noun

1. a bungled shot

Other Word Forms

• foozler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of foozle¹

First recorded in 1825–35; perhaps from dialectal German fuseln “to work badly, clumsily, hurriedly”

Word History and Origins

Origin of foozle¹

C19: perhaps from German dialect fuseln to do slipshod work

Example Sentences

“He cheats like a three-card Monte dealer. He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies. He fudges and foozles and fluffs.”

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In May avoid the water-ouzel Whose warning note predicts a foozle.

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It was 'steen down and a bluff to play with me and I was foozled for fair.

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Because I thought you were such a respectable, harmless old foozle that you'd never do anything to deserve it.

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But what the foozle is to the golfer, the cropper to the rider, the spill in midstream to the boatman, the fall at the end of the jump is to the ski-man.

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When To Use

What does foozle mean?

A foozle is a botched or bungled attempt at something, usually a shot in golf. It's also a verb meaning "to bungle."It's sometimes used in the gaming community to describe a final boss.