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Quizzes

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).

Quiz

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).

Quizzes

To test the knowledge of by posing questions
Quizzed the class on state capitals.

Quiz

To test the knowledge of by posing questions
Quizzed the class on state capitals.

Quizzes

(Archaic) To poke fun at; mock.
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Quiz

(Archaic) To poke fun at; mock.

Quizzes

A questioning or inquiry.

Quiz

A questioning or inquiry.

Quizzes

A short oral or written test.

Quiz

A short oral or written test.
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Quizzes

(Archaic) A practical joke.

Quiz

(Archaic) A practical joke.

Quizzes

Plural of quiz

Quiz

(dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

Quiz

(dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person.

Quiz

A competition in the answering of questions.
We came second in the pub quiz.

Quiz

(education) A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

Quiz

To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

Quiz

To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

Quiz

(transitive) To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.

Quiz

(transitive) To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz.

Quiz

To play with a quiz. en

Quiz

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

Quiz

One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

Quiz

An odd or absurd fellow.

Quiz

An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.

Quiz

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.

Quiz

To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

Quiz

An examination consisting of a few short questions

Quiz

Examine someone's knowledge of something;
The teacher tests us every week
We got quizzed on French irregular verbs

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