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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quiz \Quiz\, v. i. To conduct a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quiz \Quiz\, 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-fours. 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. 2. One who quizzes others as he is a great quiz. 3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray. 4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quiz \Quiz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quizzed}; p. pr & vb n. {Quizzing}.] 1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of as by obscure questions. He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room --Thackeray. 2. To peer at to eye suspiciously or mockingly. 3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.] {Quizzing glass}, a small eyeglass. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quiz n : an examination consisting of a few short questions v : examine someone's knowledge of something "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs" [syn: {test}]
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