Definition of "quiz" in English

noun

1. (dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

2. (dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person.

3. A competition in the answering of questions.

   • We came second in the pub quiz.

4. (education) A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

2. (transitive, archaic) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

3. (transitive) To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.

   • He quizzed the suspect for around half an hour.

4. (transitive) To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz.

5. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To play with a quiz.