Definitions for quiz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quiz
(n.)an informal test or examination.
a questioning.
a practical joke; hoax.
an eccentric person.
Category: Common Vocabulary, British
(v.t.)to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.
to question closely.
Chiefly Brit. to make fun of.
Category: British
Origin of quiz:
1775–85; orig. uncert.
quiz′zer(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
quiz(verb)
an examination consisting of a few short questions
quiz, test(verb)
examine someone's knowledge of something
"The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
quiz(noun)ˈɪz
a game involving answering a series of questions
an online quiz; quiz questions
quiz(verb)ˈɪz
to impatiently ask sb a lot of questions
Dad started quizzing me about where we'd been.
Wiktionary
quiz(Noun)
Something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.
quiz(Noun)
One who or that which quizzes.
quiz(Noun)
One who or that which is obnoxious to ridicule or quizzing; a queer or ridiculous person or thing.
quiz(Noun)
A competition in the answering of questions.
quiz(Noun)
A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
quiz(Verb)
To hoax.
quiz(Verb)
To question closely, to interrogate.
Origin: The true etymology is unknown. The following have all been proposed:
Webster Dictionary
Quiz(noun)
a riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax
Quiz(noun)
one who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz
Quiz(noun)
an odd or absurd fellow
Quiz(noun)
an exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination
Quiz(verb)
to puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions
Quiz(verb)
to peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly
Quiz(verb)
to instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4
Quiz(verb)
to conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4
Translations for quiz
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
quiz(noun)
a game or competition in which knowledge is tested by asking questions
a television quiz; a general-knowledge quiz.
- vasvraAfrikaans
- مُباراةٌ في المَعْلومات العامَّهArabic
- визкторинаBulgarian
- jogo de perguntasPortuguese (BR)
- kvízCzech
- das QuizGerman
- quizDanish
- διαγωνισμός γνώσεων, κουίζGreek
- concurso de preguntas y respuestasSpanish
- viktoriinEstonian
- آزمون اطلاعات عمومیFarsi
- tietokilpailuFinnish
- jeu questionnaireFrench
- חִידוֹןHebrew
- प्रश्नावलीHindi
- kvizCroatian
- vetélkedő, kvízHungarian
- kuisIndonesian
- spurningakeppniIcelandic
- quizItalian
- クイズJapanese
- 퀴즈Korean
- viktorinaLithuanian
- viktorīnaLatvian
- kuizMalay
- quizDutch
- spørrekonkurranseNorwegian
- quizPolish
- آزمون اطلاعات عمومیPersian
- لنډه ازموينه: مسخره كول: ازمويلPashto
- jogo de perguntasPortuguese
- quiz, (joc-)concursRomanian
- викторинаRussian
- kvízSlovak
- kvizSlovenian
- kvizSerbian
- frågesportSwedish
- การถามThai
- yarışmaTurkish
- 益智問題Chinese (Trad.)
- опитування; вікторинаUkrainian
- معلومات عامہ کا مقابلہUrdu
- cuộc thi đốVietnamese
- 问答比赛Chinese (Simp.)
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