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 |
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I foozle |
you foozle |
he/she/it foozles |
we foozle |
you foozle |
they foozle |
Preterite |
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I foozled |
you foozled |
he/she/it foozled |
we foozled |
you foozled |
they foozled |
Present Continuous |
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I am foozling |
you are foozling |
he/she/it is foozling |
we are foozling |
you are foozling |
they are foozling |
Present Perfect |
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I have foozled |
you have foozled |
he/she/it has foozled |
we have foozled |
you have foozled |
they have foozled |
Past Continuous |
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I was foozling |
you were foozling |
he/she/it was foozling |
we were foozling |
you were foozling |
they were foozling |
Past Perfect |
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I had foozled |
you had foozled |
he/she/it had foozled |
we had foozled |
you had foozled |
they had foozled |
Future |
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I will foozle |
you will foozle |
he/she/it will foozle |
we will foozle |
you will foozle |
they will foozle |
Future Perfect |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would foozle |
you would foozle |
he/she/it would foozle |
we would foozle |
you would foozle |
they would foozle |
Past Conditional |
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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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