Wordnik Word of the Day for July 01, 2019
foozle
1. transitive verb To do or deal with poorly or clumsily. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
2. noun The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
3. undefined To bungle; make a moss of; do clumsily or bunglingly: as, 'to foozle a shot', in golf. from The Century Dictionary.
4. noun In golf, a badly played stroke. from The Century Dictionary.
5. noun A tedious person; a fogy. from The Century Dictionary.
Too many recent sessions have ended with a "kill the foozle" as the solution, and Gini in particular said that it was nice to have an ending that could be resolved via diplomacy. Gamemastering Is An Art, Part VII: Catching Up
There are a frustrating number of mazes with "hunt the foozle" puzzles, wherein you have to find a switch that is wall-colored or walk through every tunnel until you find the one that actually goes somewhere. It's Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Christmas Is Over....
Not only did he foozle his drive badly, but his face was worried, and his forehead creased in a big frown. Partners In Crime
But with Harleston's entry the affair assumed quite a different aspect; and it is no reflection on you, Marston, that your expedition to his apartment didn't succeed; though somewhat later Crenshaw did act as a semi-reasonable man, and secured the letter -- only to foozle again like an imbecile. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse
'We can hardly be expected to foozle on purpose, just to let Archie show off before his girl.' The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
"I don't think my father would kid us," Paul said slowly, "but I know he would be awfully disappointed that we had made a business foozle." Paul and the Printing Press
There was a rumour running at large in the Academy that the Old Fellow wrote poetry, but he ran the mathematics and didn't make such a foozle of it as you might suppose, either. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
The word 'foozle' comes from a German word meaning 'to work badly or slowly'.
