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quiz

The correct spelling is quiz.

How to pronounce quiz

/kwɪz/
noun

IPA: /kwɪz/

Say it like: Kwi-z

The correct spelling is quiz. An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing. For example: "We came second in the pub quiz."

Usage Examples

We came second in the pub quiz.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.
  2. 2.A competition in the answering of questions.
  3. 3.A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

verb

  1. 1.To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
  2. 2.To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
  3. 3.To question closely, to interrogate.
  4. 4.To instruct by means of a quiz.
  5. 5.To play with a quiz.

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