verb
- to engage in clumsy or bungling behavior; to mess something up in a disorganized way
Usage: informal; often used in golf to describe a poor swing or missed shot
noun
- an act or instance of foozling; a clumsy mistake or bungled attempt
Usage: informal
Examples
- He spent the afternoon foozling around in the garage, unable to fix the broken shelf.
- The golfer's foozling on the final hole cost him the tournament.
- Stop foozling with that computer; you're making it worse.
- Her foozling of the presentation left the audience confused.
- They were foozling about in the kitchen, trying to bake a cake without a recipe.
- His constant foozling meant the project fell behind schedule.