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Definitions for Quizzer

[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 Quizzer

quizinspector, auditor, investigator, appraiser, questioner, proctor, researcher, inquisitor, inquirer, reviewer, interrogator, analyst, assayer, quizmaster, scrutinizer, checker, prober

Words nearby Quizzer

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Origin of Quizzer

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

Other words from Quizzer

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

Word origin for Quizzer

C18: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Quizzer

appraiser, auditor, inspector, investigator, analyst, assayer, checker, inquirer, inquisitor, interrogator, proctor, questioner, quizmaster, researcher, reviewer, scrutinizer, prober