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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOOZLE

Foo "zle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Foozled; p. pr. & vb. n.Foozling.] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly. ]

Defn: To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.

She foozles all along the course. Century Mag.

FOOZLE

FOOZLE Foo "zle, n.

1. A stupid fellow; a fogy. [Colloq. ]

2. Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.

New American Oxford Dictionary

foozle

foo zle |ˈfo͞ozəl ˈfuzəl | informal ▶noun a clumsy or botched attempt at something, esp. a shot in golf. ▶verb [ with obj. ] botch; bungle: (as adj. foozled ) : sliced approach shots and foozled putts. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German dialect fuseln ‘work badly ’; compare with fusel oil .

Oxford Dictionary

foozle

foozle |ˈfuːz (ə )l | informal ▶noun a clumsy or botched attempt at something, especially a shot in golf. ▶verb [ with obj. ] botch; bungle. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German dialect fuseln ‘work badly ’; compare with fusel oil .