foozle
1 of 2noun
foozle
2 of 2verb
transitive verb
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What Foozle Means to Golfers
Foozle dates only to the late 19th century, but its origins are obscure. The German dialect verb fuseln ("to work carelessly") could figure in its history, but that speculation has never been proven. Not particularly common today, foozle still holds a special place in the hearts, minds, and vocabularies of many golfers. In golf, to foozle a shot is to bungle it and a foozle is a bungled shot. In a Century magazine piece from 1899 called "Two Players and their Play," Beatrice Hanscom reveals more of golf's specialized vocabulary:
She tops her ball; then divots fly; / In bunkers long she stays; / She foozles all along the course / In most astounding ways: / In sooth, it is an eery thing / The way Priscilla plays.
Synonyms
Verb
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix (up)
- boot
- botch
- bugger (up)
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- dub
- flub
- fluff
- foul up
- fumble
- goof (up)
- louse up
- mangle
- mess (up)
- muck up
- muff
- murder
- screw up
Example Sentences
Word History
Verb
perhaps from German dialect fuseln to work carelessly
Noun
1890, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1888, in the meaning defined above
foozling
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- fumbling
- blowing
- ruining
- screwing up
- murdering
- dubbing
- boggling
- mucking up
- spoiling
- bungling
- destroying
- lousing up
- botching
- fouling up
- flawing
- buggering (up)
- butchering
- flubbing
- bollixing (up)
- booting
- damaging
- mangling
- bumbling
- fluffing
- muffing
- bobbling
- goofing (up)
- messing (up)
- blundering
- wrecking
- marring
- hurting
- injuring
- muddling
- impairing
- piffling
- harming
- mutilating
- gumming (up)
- blighting
- vitiating
- mismanaging
- blemishing
- mishandling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- improving
- helping
- enhancing
- remedying
- ameliorating
- reforming
- refining
- meliorating
- rectifying
- repairing
- fixing
- bettering
- reconditioning
- patching
- renovating
- revamping
- doctoring