'Quiz' definitions:
Definition of 'quiz'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: quiz, test]
Definition of 'Quiz'
From: GCIDE
- Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. i. To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quiz'
From: GCIDE
- Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), 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-four hours. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quiz'
From: GCIDE
- Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
- 1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. [1913 Webster]
- He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quiz'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ask,
- asking,
- audition,
- be curious,
- blue book,
- bringing into question,
- burn with curiosity,
- case,
- catechetical method,
- catechization,
- catechize,
- catechizing,
- challenge,
- character,
- deride,
- dig around for,
- dig up,
- dispute,
- duck,
- exam,
- examen,
- examination,
- examine,
- final,
- final examination,
- gape,
- gawk,
- great go,
- grill,
- hearing,
- honors,
- inquire,
- inquiring,
- interpellation,
- interrogate,
- interrogation,
- interview,
- lout,
- midsemester,
- midterm,
- mock,
- nose around for,
- nose out,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- oral,
- oral examination,
- original,
- peer,
- prelim,
- probing,
- pump,
- pumping,
- query,
- querying,
- question,
- questioning,
- quizzing,
- rally,
- razz,
- rubber,
- rubberneck,
- scout,
- seek,
- seeking,
- Socratic method,
- spook,
- stare,
- take-home examination,
- taunt,
- test,
- trial,
- tripos,
- twit,
- viva,
- want to know,
- worm out of,
- written,
- written examination,
- zombie