Antonyms for quiz
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kwiz |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɪz |
Definition of quiz
Origin :- 1867, "brief examination of a student on some subject," perhaps from quiz (v.), or from apparently unrelated slang word quiz "odd person" (1782, source of quizzical). According to OED, the anecdote that credits this word to a bet by the Dublin theater-manager Daly or Daley that he could coin a word is regarded by authorities as "doubtful" and the first record of it appears to be in 1836 (in Smart's "Walker Remodelled"; the story is omitted in the edition of 1840).
- The word Quiz is a sort of a kind of a wordThat people apply to some being absurd;One who seems, as t'were oddly your fancy to strikeIn a sort of a fashion you somehow don't likeA mixture of odd, and of queer, and all thatWhich one hates, just, you know, as some folks hate a cat;A comical, whimsical, strange, droll -- that is,You know what I mean; 'tis -- in short, -- 'tis a quiz![from "Etymology of Quiz," Charles Dibdin, 1842]
- noun questioning, often in an organized academic setting
- verb question
- By-the-bye, Clary, did you ever quiz that doctor, as I desired you?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Next day, Sunday, his friends from Sulby came to quiz and to question.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- Laboratory work by students, together with lectures and quiz sections.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- The exclusive lecture system is intolerable, and the same is true of the quiz.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- I've got a sure-enough headache—I didn't come over to quiz you.
- Extract from : « Red Pepper Burns » by Grace S. Richmond
- "Me too," retorted the ex-salesman, as warmly returning the other's quiz.
- Extract from : « Gold Out of Celebes » by Aylward Edward Dingle
- This quiz, however, had elements that the younger Brants liked.
- Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine
- A little flock of chickadees stop in the white birches and quiz me.
- Extract from : « The Fall of the Year » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- "What a swell you are in your new frock coat," said a quiz to him one day.
- Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott
- She first looked in my face, being a sort of quiz in her way, and then at it.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott
Synonyms for quiz
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