to foozle
- verb
- Archaic
:
meter la pata
- I foozled your redheads.
Examples
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You foozled it.
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And he'll foozle it for sure.
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A somber light came into his eyes, and he foozled another putt.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the important match, he foozled the final shot and missed the goal.
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She always seems to foozle her chances at winning the game.
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When he tried to juggle the balls, he ended up foozling the entire routine.
Synonyms
19
3.5
To do something clumsily and make a mistake
16
6.8
To do something clumsily so it causes mistakes
5
8.2
To fail to catch or handle something because you are clumsy
2
5.4
To make a mistake especially by forgetting words on stage
2
5.9
To handle something clumsily so you nearly drop it
Do a job badly so it does not work
Antonyms
How Clumsily
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foozle as a verb is easy to remember because it sounds like the familiar word fumble, which means to handle something poorly. So to foozle is to 'bungle' or make a clumsy mistake.