Foozle

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fogey.

    "There is an old foozle of a lord, the earl of Ballyduff, who lives in London, and who is determined on nominating to his vacant borough"

  2. 2
    A mistaken shot in golf.

    "Even poor Mr. Lloyd George cannot go out of his front door, or make a foozle on the ninth green, without being snapshotted, sketched, and probably filmed."

  3. 3
    The final boss character in a game. slang

    "The original Ultima was a kill-the-foozle type of game where the goal was to destroy the Gem of Power, which was held by an evil wizard named Mondain."

Verb
  1. 1
    To do something clumsily or awkwardly; to bungle.

    "Every baseball fan is acquainted with the sarcastic reminder, "two hands are the fashion nowadays," often hurled at the infielder who foozles an attempt at a grandstand play in the form of a one-handed catch."

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