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Quiz

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Noun

1. quiz

an examination consisting of a few short questions

Verb

2. quiz, test

examine someone's knowledge of something

Example Sentences:
'The teacher tests us every week'
'We got quizzed on French irregular verbs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quiz

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nounWord forms: plural quizzes
1. 
a. 
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
b. 
(as modifier)
a quiz programme
2. 
any set of quick questions designed to test knowledge
3. 
an investigation by close questioning; interrogation
4. obsolete
a practical joke; hoax
5. obsolete
a puzzling or eccentric individual
6. obsolete
a person who habitually looks quizzically at others, esp through a small monocle
verbWord forms: quizzes, quizzing or quizzed (transitive)
7. 
to investigate by close questioning; interrogate
8. US and Canadian informal
to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)
9. (transitive) obsolete
to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle

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Quiz

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nounWord forms: plural ˈquizzes
1.  Obsolete
a. 
a queer or eccentric person
b. 
a practical joke; hoax
2.  US
a questioning; esp., a short oral or written examination to test knowledge
verb transitiveWord forms: quizzed or ˈquizzing
3.  Obsolete
to make fun of
4.  Rare
to look at, often specif., inquisitively, teasingly, etc.
5.  US
a. 
to ask questions of
to quiz the suspect
b. 
to test the knowledge of
to quiz the class

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quiz

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tr.v. quizzed, quiz·zing, quiz·zes
1. To question (someone), especially closely or repeatedly: "His searching questions as he quizzed me on my work made me tongue-tied at first" (Susan Sellers).
2. To test the knowledge of by posing questions: quizzed the class on state capitals. See Synonyms at ask.
3. Archaic To poke fun at; mock.
n. pl. quiz·zes
1. A questioning or inquiry.
2. A short oral or written test.
3. Archaic A practical joke.

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