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) golfvb (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: foozled
Gerund: foozling
| 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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foozle
nounA stupid, clumsy mistake:
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