quiz /kwɪz/verb 5noun 4forms 3 verb5 •To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.He quizzed the suspect for around half an hour. •To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz. •(no longer used) To hoax; 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— — 1850 •(no longer used) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. •(no longer used, rare) To play with a quiz. noun4 •A competition in the answering of questions.We came second in the pub quiz. •A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course. •(old-fashioned) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.I've always heard he was a quiz, says another, or a quoz, or some such word ; but I did not know he was such a book-worm. — 1796 •(old-fashioned) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person. formsquizzed · quizzing · quizzes
