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Webster 1913 Edition

Quiz

Quiz

(kwĭz)
,
Noun.
[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-four hours. 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.]

Quiz

(kwĭz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quizzed
(kwĭzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quizzing
(kwĭz′zĭng)
.]
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
,
Noun.
, 4.
[U.S.]
Quizzing glass
,
a small eyeglass.

Quiz

(kwĭz)
,
Verb.
I.
To conduct a quiz. See
Quiz
,
Noun.
, 4.
[U.S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Quiz

QUIZ

,
Noun.
An enigma; a riddle or obscure question.

QUIZ

,
Verb.
T.
To puzzle. [A popular, but not an elegant word.]
Quo Warranto, in Law Latin, a writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or corporation exercises certain powers.

Definition 2024

Quiz

Quiz

See also: quiz and quiz'

German

Noun

Quiz n ‎(genitive Quiz, plural Quiz)

  1. quiz, trivia

quiz

quiz

See also: Quiz and quiz'

English

Noun

quiz ‎(plural quizzes)

  1. Something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.
  2. One who or that which quizzes.
  3. (dated) An odd or absurd person or thing.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Smart to this entry?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)
    • 1803, Jane Austen, chapter 7, in Northanger Abbey, published 1816:
      Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch.
  4. A competition in the answering of questions.
    We came second in the pub quiz.‎
  5. A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

quiz ‎(third-person singular simple present quizzes, present participle quizzing, simple past and past participle quizzed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Thackeray, (Please provide the title of the work):
      He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
  3. (transitive) To question closely, to interrogate.
  4. (transitive) To instruct by means of a quiz.
  5. (transitive) (obsolete, rare) To play with a quiz

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English quiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kvis/, [kʰvis]

Noun

quiz c (singular definite quizzen, plural indefinite quizzer)

  1. quiz (competition in the answering of questions)

Inflection

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

quiz m ‎(plural quizzen, diminutive quizje n)

  1. quiz

French

Noun

quiz m ‎(uncountable)

  1. quiz

Italian

Noun

quiz m ‎(invariable)

  1. quiz

Derived terms

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English quiz.

Noun

quiz m ‎(plural quizs)

  1. (Jersey) quiz

Portuguese

Noun

quiz m (plural quizes)

  1. quiz (question-answering competition)

Verb

quiz

  1. Obsolete spelling of quis

Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

quiz m ‎(plural quiz)

  1. (television) quiz show

Pronunciation

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