quiz

[ kwiz ]

/ kwɪz /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for: quiz / quizzed / quizzes / quizzing on Thesaurus.com

noun, plural quiz·zes.

an informal test or examination of a student or class.

a questioning.

a practical joke; a hoax.

Chiefly British. an eccentric, often odd-looking person.

verb (used with object), quizzed, quiz·zing.

to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.

to question closely: The police quizzed several suspects.

Chiefly British. to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of quiz

1775–85 in sense “odd person”; 1840–50 for def. 1; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM quiz

quiz·za·ble, adjectivequizzer, nounun·quiz·za·ble, adjectiveun·quizzed, adjective

Words nearby quiz

quiver leg, qui vive, Quixote, quixotic, quixotism, quiz, quiz kid, quizmaster, quiz program, quizzical, Qum

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use quiz in a sentence

Completing the entire course takes about 11 hours—yes, quizzes are included.
Want to know how to WFH better? There’s a class for that|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 22, 2020|Fortune
Sky, for example, launched its “Fanzone” online viewing experience that lets people watch sports and play quizzes together with family and friends.
‘We are permanently in beta’: European sports broadcasting is still in a coronavirus-forced state of reinvention|Lara O'Reilly|September 15, 2020|Digiday
Rummel says it provides free distance learning activities like multiplication quizzes and poetry tutorials for preschool through grade 12.
Need to entertain your kids? These educational apps may help|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 13, 2020|Fortune
The company will now require all Revel users, including long-time users of the service, to take a 21-question safety training quiz and watch an instructional video before they can start their first ride.
Electric moped startup Revel returns to New York with helmet selfie, other in-app safety features|Kirsten Korosec|August 27, 2020|TechCrunch

In March, the Polish government launched a Minecraft server which packages quizzes and other educational activities, with each student allotted a plot of virtual land to construct buildings.
Is School Out Forever?|Daniel Malloy|August 9, 2020|Ozy
The premise of the sketch was that sex was too spontaneous to be regulated, and the quiz show played that idea to the hilt.
How Antioch College Got Rape Right 20 Years Ago|Nicolaus Mills|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whenever I take a clickbait quiz to determine which of The Avengers I would be, I always game the questions to aim for the Hulk.
Model Minority Rage: Why the Hulk Should Be an Asian Guy|Arthur Chu|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pop quiz: How many of the top 15 highest-U.S.-grossing movies of all time—adjusted for inflation—star comic-book characters?
Hollywood Declares 2014 the Year of the Bible|Andrew Romano|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Take the quiz below and see if you can match the spouse to her post-scandal statement.
The Good Wives Club: Who Said It?|Eliza Shapiro, Sam Schlinkert|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I scored a 50 percent on that little quiz, which I have since learned is proof that I live under a boulder.
My Bitcoin (Mis)adventure|Winston Ross|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So whilst we was eatin' breakfast I begins t' quiz, an', one way an' another, lets on I wanted t' see that Injun scout.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Robinson enrolled him in his police and it was the fashion openly to quiz, and secretly respect him.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
Hardly had they taken their places when Napoleon began to quiz Betsy on the fondness of the English for "rosbif and plum pudding."
Napoleon's Young Neighbor|Helen Leah Reed
The Emperor continued to tease and quiz, pulling Betsy's ear or her dress, and always managing to escape being caught.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor|Helen Leah Reed
One day at the meet this young man said to Captain Bolton, "Let us quiz the old fellow."
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for quiz

quiz

/ (kwɪz) /

noun plural quizzes

an entertainment in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions, esp as a radio or television programme
(as modifier)a quiz programme

any set of quick questions designed to test knowledge

an investigation by close questioning; interrogation

obsolete a practical joke; hoax

obsolete a puzzling or eccentric individual

obsolete a person who habitually looks quizzically at others, esp through a small monocle

verb quizzes, quizzing or quizzed (tr)

to investigate by close questioning; interrogate

US and Canadian informal to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)

(tr) obsolete to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle

Derived forms of quiz

quizzer, noun

Word Origin for quiz

C18: of unknown origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quiz

Origin of quiz

OTHER WORDS FROM quiz

Words nearby quiz

Words related to quiz

How to use quiz in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for quiz

Derived forms of quiz

Word Origin for quiz