foo·zle (fo͞o′zəl) tr.v. foo·zled ,
foo·zling ,
foo·zles To do or deal with poorly or clumsily.
n. The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf.
[Perhaps from German dialectal fuseln , to work poorly or slowly .]
foo′zler n.
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foozle (ˈfuːzəl ) golf vb (Golf) to bungle (a shot)
[C19: perhaps from German dialect fuseln to do slipshod work]
ˈfoozler n
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foo•zle (ˈfu zəl) v. -zled, -zling, n. v.t., v.i. 1. to bungle; play clumsily: to foozle a stroke in golf; to foozle on the last hole.
n. 2. an act of foozling, esp. a bad stroke in golf.
[1825–35; perhaps < dial. German fuseln to work badly or clumsily]
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foozle Past participle: foozledGerund: foozlingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I foozle you foozle he/she/it foozles we foozle you foozle they foozle
Preterite I foozled you foozled he/she/it foozled we foozled you foozled they foozled
Present Continuous I am foozling you are foozling he/she/it is foozling we are foozling you are foozling they are foozling
Present Perfect I have foozled you have foozled he/she/it has foozled we have foozled you have foozled they have foozled
Past Continuous I was foozling you were foozling he/she/it was foozling we were foozling you were foozling they were foozling
Past Perfect I had foozled you had foozled he/she/it had foozled we had foozled you had foozled they had foozled
Future I will foozle you will foozle he/she/it will foozle we will foozle you will foozle they will foozle
Future Perfect I will have foozled you will have foozled he/she/it will have foozled we will have foozled you will have foozled they will have foozled
Future Continuous I will be foozling you will be foozling he/she/it will be foozling we will be foozling you will be foozling they will be foozling
Present Perfect Continuous I have been foozling you have been foozling he/she/it has been foozling we have been foozling you have been foozling they have been foozling
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been foozling you will have been foozling he/she/it will have been foozling we will have been foozling you will have been foozling they will have been foozling
Past Perfect Continuous I had been foozling you had been foozling he/she/it had been foozling we had been foozling you had been foozling they had been foozling
Conditional I would foozle you would foozle he/she/it would foozle we would foozle you would foozle they would foozle
Past Conditional I would have foozled you would have foozled he/she/it would have foozled we would have foozled you would have foozled they would have foozled
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Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
foozle noun A stupid, clumsy mistake:
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