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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

/ kwɪz /

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

  • ˈquizzer, noun
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Other Words From

  • quizza·ble adjective
  • quizzer noun
  • un·quizza·ble adjective
  • un·quizzed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quiz1

1775–85 in sense “odd person”; 1840–50 quiz fordef 1; origen uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quiz1

C18: of unknown origen
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Example Sentences

Ms Vennells, who had not spoken publicly about Horizon for almost a decade, was quizzed over three days in May in the most anticipated appearance of the inquiry.

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One of the tougher problems asks puzzlers to calculate how far off from writing the numbers one to 20 the quiz setters were.

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As MPs prepare to quiz the boss of the financial regulator over its role, there seems to be an industry consensus that only the highest court in the land should settle this affair.

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At my signal, unleash hell and take the following quiz to find out.

But it is also avoids complicated computer algorithms and relies instead on more traditional personality quizzes shared with members online at the start of every month.

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