Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quiz"
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) 1.7 (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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