Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To do or deal with poorly or clumsily.
- noun The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bungle; make a moss of; do clumsily or bunglingly: as, to
foozle a shot, in golf. - noun In golf, a badly played stroke.
- noun A tedious person; a fogy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A stupid fellow; a fogy.
- noun Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.
- verb To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To do something
clumsily orawkwardly ; tobungle . - noun A
fogey . - noun A mistaken shot in
golf
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There are a frustrating number of mazes with "hunt the foozle" puzzles, wherein you have to find a switch that is wall-colored or walk through every tunnel until you find the one that actually goes somewhere.
It's Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Christmas Is Over.... 2004
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Too many recent sessions have ended with a "kill the foozle" as the solution, and Gini in particular said that it was nice to have an ending that could be resolved via diplomacy.
Gamemastering Is An Art, Part VII: Catching Up wolfieboy 2004
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In online gaming, all I get is a five minute run and another chance to kill the same foozle.
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They want convenient, dependable foozle-bashing, and widget-gathering, nearly to the point of predetermined success.
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“Go whack the foozle” is the jist of many quests, combat proficiency is very much required to make it through some of the higher level areas, and bragging rights often center around how much damage you can do in a single strike.
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“Go whack the foozle” is the jist of many quests, combat proficiency is very much required to make it through some of the higher level areas, and bragging rights often center around how much damage you can do in a single strike.
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Not only did he foozle his drive badly, but his face was worried, and his forehead creased in a big frown.
Partners In Crime Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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But with Harleston's entry the affair assumed quite a different aspect; and it is no reflection on you, Marston, that your expedition to his apartment didn't succeed; though somewhat later Crenshaw did act as a semi-reasonable man, and secured the letter -- only to foozle again like an imbecile.
The Cab of the Sleeping Horse John Reed Scott
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By this time Will had become quite expert, so that there was little danger of what Bluff, taking his cue from the golfers, would have called a "foozle."
The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery Quincy Allen
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'We can hardly be expected to foozle on purpose, just to let Archie show off before his girl.'
oroboros commented on the word foozle
Foozler - a poor golf shot.
November 14, 2010