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What does "quiz" mean?

Quiz: One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

Additional senses

  1. 2.An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.
  2. 3.An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]
  3. 4.To puzzle; to banter; 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. Thackeray.
  4. 5.To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
  5. 6.To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.] Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
  6. 7.To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]

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