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[quiz]

A quiz is a short series of questions with a quick result. A magazine quiz might tell a reader if "he's into you," or a pop quiz in English class will let your teacher know how far you got (or didn't get) in last night's reading.

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A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

Noun
an examination consisting of a few short questions

Verb
examine someone''s knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

n.
A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

n.
One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

n.
An odd or absurd fellow.

n.
An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.

v. t.
To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

v. t.
To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

v. t.
To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

v. i.
To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

Quiz

Quiz , n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-fours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.] 1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax. 2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz. 3. An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray. 4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]

Quiz

Quiz , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing .] 1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.

2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. 3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.] Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.

Quiz

Quiz, v. i. To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

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