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QUIZ

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Irregular inflected forms: quizzed    , quizzes    , quizzes    , quizzing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An examination consisting of a few short questions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("quiz" is a kind of...):

exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quiz"):

pop quiz (a quiz given without prior warning)

Derivation:

quiz (examine someone's knowledge of something)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine someone's knowledge of something

Example:

We got quizzed on French irregular verbs

Synonyms:

quiz; test

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "quiz" is one way to...):

examine (question closely)

Verb group:

test (undergo a test)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

quiz (an examination consisting of a few short questions)

quizzer (someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications)

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 Context examples: 

Amy Eshton, not hearing or not heeding this dictum, joined in with her soft, infantine tone: Louisa and I used to quiz our governess too; but she was such a good creature, she would bear anything: nothing put her out.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I, who knew him well, could tell from his wan cheeks and his restless fingers that he was at his wit’s ends what to do; but no stranger who observed his jaunty bearing, the flecking of his laced handkerchief, the handling of his quizzing glass, or the shooting of his ruffles, would ever have thought that this butterfly creature could have had a care upon earth.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Again Catherine excused herself; and at last he walked off to quiz his sisters by himself.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you, so you must look out for a couple of good beds somewhere near.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

And here have I been telling all my acquaintance that I was going to dance with the prettiest girl in the room; and when they see you standing up with somebody else, they will quiz me famously.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Miss Thorpe, however, being four years older than Miss Morland, and at least four years better informed, had a very decided advantage in discussing such points; she could compare the balls of Bath with those of Tunbridge, its fashions with the fashions of London; could rectify the opinions of her new friend in many articles of tasteful attire; could discover a flirtation between any gentleman and lady who only smiled on each other; and point out a quiz through the thickness of a crowd.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)