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quiz
[ kwiz ]
noun
- 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)
- 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
/ ɪ /
noun
- 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
- to investigate by close questioning; interrogate
- informal.to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)
- obsolete.tr to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle
Derived Forms
- ˈܾ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܾz· adjective
- ܾz noun
- un·ܾz· adjective
- ܲ·ܾ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quiz1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quiz1
Example Sentences
The club have since become the answer to a commonly-used pub quiz question: Who are the worst team in Premier League history?
“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.
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.
But the idea of sitting down for a date and quizzing each other to see if you’re soulmates is like — what?!
Lloyd quizzing Mary about the precise nature of his unrequited love.
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