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quiz

[ kwiz ]

noun

plural quizzes.
  1. an informal test or examination of a student or class.
  2. a questioning.
  3. a practical joke; a hoax.
  4. Chiefly British. an eccentric, often odd-looking person.


verb (used with object)

quizzed, quizzing.
  1. to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.
  2. to question closely:

    The police quizzed several suspects.

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

quiz

/ ɪ /

noun

    1. 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
    2. ( as modifier )

      a quiz programme

  1. any set of quick questions designed to test knowledge
  2. an investigation by close questioning; interrogation
  3. obsolete.
    a practical joke; hoax
  4. obsolete.
    a puzzling or eccentric individual
  5. obsolete.
    a person who habitually looks quizzically at others, esp through a small monocle
“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

verb

  1. to investigate by close questioning; interrogate
  2. informal.
    to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)
  3. obsolete.
    tr to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܾ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܾz· adjective
  • ܾz noun
  • un·ܾz· adjective
  • ܲ·ܾ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quiz1

1775–85 in sense “odd person”; 1840–50 quiz fordef 1; origin uncertain
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quiz1

C18: of unknown origin
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The club have since become the answer to a commonly-used pub quiz question: Who are the worst team in Premier League history?

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“Start your 30-second eligibility quiz,” said a Florida-based marketing agency, Legal Claim Assistant, which does not even list a lawyer associated with it.

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The career change would have required deep pockets – and when quizzed about her campaign finances much later, Guo said it was friends and acquaintances in the pig-farming business who had supported her mayoral bid.

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But the idea of sitting down for a date and quizzing each other to see if you’re soulmates is like — what?!

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Lloyd quizzing Mary about the precise nature of his unrequited love.

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