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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

/ °ì·Éɪ³ú /

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

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ±ç³Ü¾±³úz±ð°ù noun
  • un·±ç³Ü¾±³úz²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ç³Ü¾±³ú³ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quiz1

1775–85 in sense “odd personâ€; 1840–50 quiz fordef 1; origin uncertain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quiz1

C18: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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