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quiz
[ kwiz ]
noun
- an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- a questioning.
- a practical joke; a hoax.
- Chiefly British. an eccentric, often odd-looking person.
verb (used with object)
- to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.
- to question closely:
The police quizzed several suspects.
- Chiefly British. to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff.
quiz
/ ɪ /
noun
- 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
- ( as modifier )
a quiz programme
- any set of quick questions designed to test knowledge
- an investigation by close questioning; interrogation
- obsolete.a practical joke; hoax
- obsolete.a puzzling or eccentric individual
- obsolete.a person who habitually looks quizzically at others, esp through a small monocle
verb
- to investigate by close questioning; interrogate
- informal.to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)
- obsolete.tr to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle
Derived Forms
- ˈܾ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܾz· adjective
- ܾz noun
- un·ܾz· adjective
- ܲ·ܾ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quiz1
Word History and Origins
Origin of quiz1
Example Sentences
However, the network said it planned to use the channel slot to "draw on ITV's popular, market-leading UK quiz and game shows".
The club have since become the answer to a commonly-used pub quiz question: Who are the worst team in Premier League history?
“Start your 30-second eligibility quiz,” said a Florida-based marketing agency, Legal Claim Assistant, which does not even list a lawyer associated with it.
The career change would have required deep pockets – and when quizzed about her campaign finances much later, Guo said it was friends and acquaintances in the pig-farming business who had supported her mayoral bid.
But the idea of sitting down for a date and quizzing each other to see if you’re soulmates is like — what?!
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