plural quizzes
1
: an eccentric person
2
3
: the act or action of quizzing
specifically
: a short oral or written test
quizzed; quizzing
quizzer
noun
Examples of quiz in a Sentence
Noun
The teacher gave us a quiz on the material we studied yesterday.
always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production
Verb
quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class
hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Testing ChatGPT Atlas herself, Cohen took several quizzes on The Washington Post website, using, of course, fake personal and financial information.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
The exec was later quizzed why HBO Max Spain had not yet leaned into any of its more successful docs or doc series and expanded them.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Take this quick quiz to see where your digital habits stand.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Testing ChatGPT Atlas herself, Cohen took several quizzes on The Washington Post website, using, of course, fake personal and financial information.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
The attorney general used the same tactic when Durbin quizzed her about a July memo from her department announcing no new information had been found in its Epstein files.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
The exec was later quizzed why HBO Max Spain had not yet leaned into any of its more successful docs or doc series and expanded them.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quiz
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“Quiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiz. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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