English Dictionary: quizzed | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quiz \Quiz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quizzing}.] 1. 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. 2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. 3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.] {Quizzing glass}, a small eyeglass. |