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Meaning of 'quiz' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quiz [ n.]
- A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
- One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
- An odd or absurd fellow.
- An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.
2 . Quiz [ v. i.]
- To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
3 . Quiz [ v. t.]
- To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
- To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
- To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

Meaning of 'quiz' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . quiz [ v]
Meaning (1):
- examine someone's knowledge of something
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher tests us every week;
  • We got quizzed on French irregular verbs

Nearby Words:

qui vive quib quibble quibbled quibbler quibbling quibblingly quica quice quich

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