Quiz (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural quiz·zes.
  1. an informal test or examination of a student or class.
  2. a questioning.
  3. a practical joke; a hoax.
  4. an eccentric, often odd-looking person.
verb (used with object), quizzed, quiz·zing.
  1. to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.
  2. to question closely: The police quizzed several suspects.
  3. to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff.
noun plural quizzes
    • 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)
  1. any set of quick questions designed to test knowledge
  2. an investigation by close questioning; interrogation
  3. a practical joke; hoax
  4. a puzzling or eccentric individual
  5. a person who habitually looks quizzically at others, esp through a small monocle
verb quizzes, quizzing or quizzed (tr)
  1. to investigate by close questioning; interrogate
  2. to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)
  3. to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle
Quiz (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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