1. n. & v.
--n. (pl. quizzes)
1. a test of knowledge, esp. between individuals or teams as a form of entertainment.
2 an interrogation, examination, or questionnaire.
--v.tr. (quizzed, quizzing) examine by questioning.
Phrases and idioms:
quiz-master a person who presides over a quiz.
Etymology: 19th-c. dial.: orig. unkn. 2. v. & n. archaic
--v.tr. (quizzed, quizzing)
1. look curiously at; observe the ways or oddities of; survey through an eyeglass.
2 make sport of; regard with a mocking air.
--n. (pl. quizzes)
1. a hoax, a thing done to burlesque or expose another's oddities.
2 a an odd or eccentric person; a person of ridiculous appearance. b a person given to quizzing.
Derivatives:
quizzer n.
Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.