quiz
[ kwiz ]
/ kwɪz /
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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.
QUIZZES
THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?
Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.
Question 1 of 8
Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
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, adjectiveWords nearby quiz
quiver leg, qui vive, Quixote, quixotic, quixotism, quiz, quiz kid, quizmaster, quiz program, quizzical, Qum
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quiz
/ (kwɪz) /
noun plural quizzes
verb quizzes, quizzing or quizzed (tr)
Derived forms of quiz
quizzer, nounWord Origin for quiz
C18: of unknown origin
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