foozled

verb

past tense of foozle
as in fumbled
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 foozled
  1. fumbled
  2. blew
  3. screwed up
  4. ruined
  5. dubbed
  6. murdered
Verb
  • The rookie tight end caught seven passes for 105 yards and a touchdown in his first career start Sunday, even as the Lions beat the Jets, 31-24, after Geno Smith fumbled with seconds remaining.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Ravens' defense came up big in the third quarter, forcing a Cowboys turnover when Ferguson fumbled a shovel pass from Prescott.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fumbled
Verb
  • His opponent blew him out of the water, receiving 70% of the vote.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • After controlling the first half, Ohio State blew the lead in the second, losing 24-23.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of blew
Verb
  • That doesn’t mean the Yankees screwed up in their process by trading for Stanton.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Every time a player screwed up, the coaching staff and his teammates received a text message, calling out both the infraction and the guilty party.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of screwed up
Verb
  • As Vanderslice unwittingly contributed to the story with some quotes, not realizing the tone and direction of the article, his candidacy was derailed and his credibility ruined.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some suburbs battled soil erosion, which ruined rivers and contaminated drinking water.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • The second phase, dubbed Dearborn Park II, is south of Roosevelt Road and was completed in stages starting in 1989.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Receiving the money was contingent upon the residents of the rural Pennsylvania region at the foot of the Poconos allowing the developer to build a 15-building campus, dubbed Project Hazelnut.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of dubbed
Verb
  • Petruzzi argued that knowing about an effort to remove a president was not the same as knowing he would be murdered.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In what demonstration 500 security and military forces get murdered?
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of murdered
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“Foozled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foozled. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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