Quiz
Quiz (kwiz) , 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, United States]
Quiz (kwiz) , transitive verb
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.
2.
To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
3.
To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [United States]
Collocations (1)
Quizzing glass , a small eyeglass.
Quiz (kwiz) , intransitive verb
To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [United States]