foozle

1. verb To do something in a clumsy, awkward, or bumbling manner, often when playing golf. Boy, you foozled that drive—good luck finding your ball. I really foozled when I called the CEO by the wrong name.

2. noun An error or blunder, often when playing golf. Boy, that drive was a foozle—good luck finding your ball. Calling the CEO by the wrong name was a real foozle on my part.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

foozle

(ˈfuzlæ)

1. n. an error; a messed up task. What a stupid foozle!

2. tv. to mess something up; to bungle something. (see also foozlified.) Who foozled the copying machine?

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

klutz around
klutz
klotz
cross over
drive home
drive something home
drive/hammer something home
cook out
klutzy
bootleg

References in periodicals archive

For example, in Hide and Seek, the child may find either Flarn or Foozle. The character is hidden somewhere in a town marked by a grid.

Space Cadets Series: Snootz Math Trek

When we think about it, either as managers of our companies or as clients of someone else's, each business has developed these "foozle factors." Often, it is easier for us to see them in another company.

Finding the foozle factors - eliminating roadblocks to efficiency

Lee, bom in 1828, was "perhaps Ontario's first native playwright" and the author of, in 1853, Fiddle, Faddle and Foozle, the first indigenous play "on the Toronto stage." There are two portraits of Lee in the book, one when young and looking like Edgar Allan Poe, and one when old, but nothing is said of his life and career.

Early Stages: Theatre in Ontario 1800-1914

It derives from "foozle", meaning waste one's time.

Who are you calling a mugwump, you foozle! The other obscure insults Boris could have used

He'd missed one the previous week, and one foozle per millennium is the most you'd expect.

Mark Nicholas goes missing - as do penalty marksmen

I have the theory of golf at my fingertips, but once out in the middle I do nothing but foozle."

The battle of Squashy Hollow

Instead they call themselves Bloo, Orco, Xynthetic or Juice Foozle (the latter might be a conventional given name but the odds are stacked against it).

Ninjas mount an art attack; The art of the street has moved into yet another city gallery. David Whetstone goes underground at Opus

词组	foozle
释义	foozle foozle 1. verb To do something in a clumsy, awkward, or bumbling manner, often when playing golf. Boy, you foozled that drive—good luck finding your ball. I really foozled when I called the CEO by the wrong name. 2. noun An error or blunder, often when playing golf. Boy, that drive was a foozle—good luck finding your ball. Calling the CEO by the wrong name was a real foozle on my part. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. foozle (ˈfuzlæ) 1. n. an error; a messed up task. What a stupid foozle! 2. tv. to mess something up; to bungle something. (see also foozlified.) Who foozled the copying machine? McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: klutz around klutz klotz cross over drive home drive something home drive/hammer something home cook out klutzy bootleg References in periodicals archive For example, in Hide and Seek, the child may find either Flarn or Foozle. The character is hidden somewhere in a town marked by a grid. Space Cadets Series: Snootz Math Trek When we think about it, either as managers of our companies or as clients of someone else's, each business has developed these "foozle factors." Often, it is easier for us to see them in another company. Finding the foozle factors - eliminating roadblocks to efficiency Lee, bom in 1828, was "perhaps Ontario's first native playwright" and the author of, in 1853, Fiddle, Faddle and Foozle, the first indigenous play "on the Toronto stage." There are two portraits of Lee in the book, one when young and looking like Edgar Allan Poe, and one when old, but nothing is said of his life and career. Early Stages: Theatre in Ontario 1800-1914 It derives from "foozle", meaning waste one's time. Who are you calling a mugwump, you foozle! The other obscure insults Boris could have used He'd missed one the previous week, and one foozle per millennium is the most you'd expect. Mark Nicholas goes missing - as do penalty marksmen I have the theory of golf at my fingertips, but once out in the middle I do nothing but foozle." The battle of Squashy Hollow Instead they call themselves Bloo, Orco, Xynthetic or Juice Foozle (the latter might be a conventional given name but the odds are stacked against it). Ninjas mount an art attack; The art of the street has moved into yet another city gallery. David Whetstone goes underground at Opus
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