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.

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.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON OPPOSITES OF RED BEFORE YOU TURN SCARLET

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Question 1 of 7

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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

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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. Kingston
My quizzer has returned, peeped over my shoulder, and asked this question.
The Funny Side of Physic|A. D. Crabtre
She looked at the pocket quizzer Quillan was checking over unhurriedly.
Legacy|James H Schmitz

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

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