FOOZLED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Harris fumbled with the Giants driving in Arizona territory early in the fourth quarter.

— Doug Haller, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
The Cougars were stopped at the UCF 3 on consecutive drives before Overmyer fumbled at the UCF 7 and into the end zone, recovered by the Knights.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of fumbled

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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

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On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The idea for her top was loosely based on an old vintage shirt that Satenstein accidentally threw into the dryer and ruined.

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ruined

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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

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In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Her sister's husband, her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab however, had been murdered by the terrorists.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of murdered

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