foozle

verb

Definition of foozlenext
as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foozle
  1. fumble
  2. blow
  3. ruin
  4. screw up
  5. boggle
  6. murder
  7. botch
  8. destroy
Verb
  • By contrast, their opponents have fumbled 21 times, with the Chiefs pouncing on eight of those.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Junior running back Ashton Jeanty fumbled the ball twice — one of those was recovered by the Broncos — en route to falling just short of breaking Barry Sanders’ single-season rushing record.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of fumble
Verb
  • Credit them with winning 10 games although losing three of their last four and blowing a chance to win the ACC championship and get into the playoff put a huge damper on the season.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The December jobs report showed the U.S. economy blowing past expectations to end the year.
    Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of blow
Verb
  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Well, Neptune and his Wildcats might just be ruining the convenient narrative.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of ruin
Verb
  • When politicians screw up on a public stage, those blunders can be, at best, meme-ified and, at worst, career-ending.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But Mike gets in his face to say that Brady's the one screwing up his own life.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of screw up
Verb
  • When you’re only allowed to play 924 minutes in 365 days, the resulting numbers will boggle an onlooker’s mind.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The sheer competency displayed in these eight minutes is boggling to the mind.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of boggle
Verb
  • The GoFundMe established this week singles out her 5-year-old son as needing special attention after seeing his mom get murdered.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • California For Subscribers The Mexican Mafia Tapes: Secret recordings reveal greed, betrayal — and a deal with the feds Sept. 4, 2024 Stinson had already been serving a life sentence for murdering a drug dealer in 1979.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of murder
Verb
  • Still, the decision to first turn to DeVito before Lock after benching Jones shows how badly the team botched the evaluation of Lock as a viable option in the offseason.
    Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Jewish devotees of the New York Times’ game Strands came in for a shock when the day’s puzzle offered up a Hanukkah theme — and then seemed to botch it.
    Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of botch
Verb
  • In turn, Jod destroyed the Supervisor, shutting down the safety droids and causing a blackout in the city.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This year, however, will be a much more muted affair, as the Palisades and Eaton Fires have destroyed thousands of homes, killed 25 people and forced more than 150,000 residents to evacuate.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of destroy
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