Anagram Solver

Definitions for Quiz

[1] an informal test or examination of a student or class.
[2] a questioning.
[3] a practical joke; a hoax.
[4] Chiefly British . an eccentric, often odd-looking person.
[5] to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.
[6] to question closely: The police quizzed several suspects.
[7] Chiefly British . to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff.
[8] an entertainment in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions, esp as a radio or television programme (as modifier ) a quiz programme
[9] any set of quick questions designed to test knowledge
[10] an investigation by close questioning; interrogation
[11] obsolete a practical joke; hoax
[12] obsolete a puzzling or eccentric individual
[13] obsolete a person who habitually looks quizzically at others, esp through a small monocle
[14] to investigate by close questioning; interrogate
[15] US and Canadian informal to test or examine the knowledge of (a student or class)
[16] (tr) obsolete to look quizzically at, esp through a small monocle

Words related to Quiz

query, inquire, investigate, interrogate, grill, exam, investigation, examination, test, check, shotgun, pump, ask, examine, catechize, cross-examine

Words nearby Quiz

quiver leg, quiverful, quixote, quixotic, quixotism, quiz, quiz kid, quiz program, quizmaster, quizzical, qum

Origin of Quiz

1775–85 in sense “odd person”; 1840–50 for def 1 ; origin uncertain

Other words from Quiz

quiz·za·ble , adjective
quiz·zer , noun
un·quiz·za·ble , adjective
un·quizzed , adjective

Word origin for Quiz

C18: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Quiz

query, check, exam, examination, investigation, shotgun, test, blue book