quiz
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.
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.
Origin of quiz
1Other words from quiz
- quiz·za·ble, adjective
- quizzer, noun
- un·quiz·za·ble, adjective
- un·quizzed, adjective
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How to use quiz in a sentence
Fid was the chief quizzer; but he had got several others to join him in making a butt of Gregory.
True Blue | W.H.G. KingstonMy quizzer has returned, peeped over my shoulder, and asked this question.
The Funny Side of Physic | A. D. CrabtreShe looked at the pocket quizzer Quillan was checking over unhurriedly.
Legacy | James H Schmitz
British Dictionary definitions for quiz
/ (kwɪz) /
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
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
Origin of quiz
1Derived forms of quiz
- quizzer, noun
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