'Quiz' definitions:

Definition of 'quiz'

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]

From: GCIDE

Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. i. To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

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]

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]