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Quiz   /kwɪz/   Listen
noun
Quiz  n.  
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.
4.
An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. (Cant, U.S.)


verb
Quiz  v. t.  (past & past part. quizzed; pres. part. 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  v. i.  To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. (U.S.)





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"Quiz" Quotes from Famous Books



... reader here against the supposition that Mrs. Grant was a quiz of the ordinary kind. She was by no means a sprightly, clever woman, rather fond of a joke than otherwise, as the term might lead you to suppose. Her corporeal frame was very large, excessively fat, and remarkably unwieldy; being an appropriate casket in which ...
— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne
... and his prisoner interrupted the quiz. Prince had Dumont returned to his cell and took up the new business of Roush and his story. The sheriff knew he would be blamed for the escape of Clanton and he thought it wise to have the whole matter opened up before witnesses. Wallace Snaith and Dad Wrayburn both happened to be in town and ...
— A Man Four-Square • William MacLeod Raine
... after another; and at the end of the quiz Tom was pumped nearly dry. Those who heard his confession listened to the story of how and why he had first started rustling—the tale of each exploit, the location of the mountain cache where the calves had been driven, even the name of the Mexican buyer who once had come ...
— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine
... and Guitar Fests Fireside and Joke Nights Spelling Bee History Bee Geography Quiz Hallowe'en Night Pop-corn Festival Masked Partners Library Party Supper or Banquet Father and Son Spread Class Guest of Class Calendar Exhibit Coin Exhibit Stamp Exhibit Arts and Crafts Photographs Wild Flower Tree and Plant Sea ...
— The Boy and the Sunday School - A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday - School with Teen Age Boys • John L. Alexander
... with the fashions of London; could rectify the opinions of her new friend in many articles of tasteful attire; could discover a flirtation between any gentleman and lady who only smiled on each other; and point out a quiz through the thickness of a crowd. These powers received due admiration from Catherine, to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity, had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners, and her frequent expressions of delight ...
— Persuasion • Jane Austen


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