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Antonyms for quizzes

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kwiz
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪz

Definition of quizzes

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
Example sentences :
  • For students of the first year quizzes or recitations should be held at least twice a week.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • If you wanted to figure out who the Xnetters were, you could use these quizzes to find them all.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • None but quizzes and quozzes ever came out with any thing of that sort.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 1 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Thus in the “Prologue in Heaven” he quizzes the Archangels about the grandiloquence of their song.
  • Extract from : « The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's » by David Masson
  • He did very well on quizzes and tests, and he never let the pitcher fake him out when he was at bat.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • It quizzes me quite splendidly by quoting the Anti-Jacobin versus my Grandfather.
  • Extract from : « Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters » by Charles Darwin
  • He is so irrepressible and ridiculous and clever, too, and jokes and quizzes so, I forget to be self-conscious.
  • Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
  • In the preliminary courses the system of informal lectures is combined with recitations, discussions, reports, and quizzes.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • You know how inquisitive Amy is, and how she stares, and takes in everything, and quizzes it afterwards?
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Una Sackville » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • It quizzes me quite splendidly by quoting the 'Anti-Jacobin' versus my Grandfather.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin

Synonyms for quizzes

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