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quiz
(encz) | quiz,klást otázky v: mamm |
quiz
(encz) | quiz,kvíz n: mamm |
quiz
(encz) | quiz,vyptávat se Zdeněk Brož |
Quiz
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of
a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no
meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in
twenty-four hours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z
were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an
effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a
variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.]
1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous
hoax.
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2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
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3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray.
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4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a
coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]
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Quiz
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
questions.
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He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
--Thackeray.
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2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
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3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
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Quiz
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. i.
To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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quiz
(wn) | quiz
n 1: an examination consisting of a few short questions
v 1: examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher
tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular
verbs" [syn: quiz, test] |
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pop quiz
(encz) | pop quiz, |
quiz program
(encz) | quiz program,kvizový pořad Zdeněk Brož |
quiz show
(encz) | quiz show,kvizový pořad Zdeněk Brož |
quizmaster
(encz) | quizmaster, n: |
quizzed
(encz) | quizzed,zkoušený kvízem Zdeněk Brož |
quizzer
(encz) | quizzer,tazatel v kvízu Zdeněk Brož |
quizzes
(encz) | quizzes,dotazuje se v kvízu Zdeněk Brož |
quizzical
(encz) | quizzical,ironický adj: mammquizzical,komický adj: mammquizzical,posměšný adj: mamm |
quizzically
(encz) | quizzically,tázavě adv: Zdeněk Brožquizzically,žertovně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
quizzing
(encz) | quizzing,dotazující se Zdeněk Brož |
soliloquize
(encz) | soliloquize,vést samomluvu v: Jakub Stryja |
Quiz
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of
a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no
meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in
twenty-four hours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z
were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an
effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a
variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.]
1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous
hoax.
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2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
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3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray.
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4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a
coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
questions.
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He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
--Thackeray.
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2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
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3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
[1913 Webster]Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. i.
To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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Quizzed
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
questions.
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He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
--Thackeray.
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2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
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3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
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Quizzer
(gcide) | Quizzer \Quiz"zer\ (kw[i^]z"z[~e]r), n.
One who quizzes; a quiz.
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Quizzical
(gcide) | Quizzical \Quiz"zic*al\ (kw[i^]z"z[i^]*kal), a.
Relating to quizzing; given to quizzing; of the nature of a
quiz; farcical; sportive.
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Quizzically
(gcide) | Quizzical \Quiz"zic*al\ (kw[i^]z"z[i^]*kal), a.
Relating to quizzing; given to quizzing; of the nature of a
quiz; farcical; sportive.
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Quizzing
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
questions.
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He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
--Thackeray.
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2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
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3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
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Quizzing glass
(gcide) | Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
questions.
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He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
--Thackeray.
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2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
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3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]
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Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
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Quizzism
(gcide) | Quizzism \Quiz"zism\ (kw[i^]z"z[i^]z'm), n.
The act or habit of quizzing.
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Soliloquize
(gcide) | Soliloquize \So*lil"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Soliloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliloquizing.]
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
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Soliloquized
(gcide) | Soliloquize \So*lil"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Soliloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliloquizing.]
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
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Soliloquizing
(gcide) | Soliloquize \So*lil"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Soliloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliloquizing.]
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
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Ventriloquize
(gcide) | Ventriloquize \Ven*tril"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Ventriloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ventriloquizing.]
To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
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Ventriloquized
(gcide) | Ventriloquize \Ven*tril"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Ventriloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ventriloquizing.]
To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
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Ventriloquizing
(gcide) | Ventriloquize \Ven*tril"o*quize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Ventriloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ventriloquizing.]
To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
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pop quiz
(wn) | pop quiz
n 1: a quiz given without prior warning |
quiz program
(wn) | quiz program
n 1: a game show in which contestants answer questions |
quizmaster
(wn) | quizmaster
n 1: the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel
game [syn: question master, quizmaster] |
quizzer
(wn) | quizzer
n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your
qualifications [syn: examiner, tester, quizzer] |
quizzical
(wn) | quizzical
adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore
a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
Durrell [syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]
2: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do
not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn:
questioning, quizzical] |
quizzically
(wn) | quizzically
adv 1: in a quizzical and questioning manner; "they looked
quizzically at the doctor" [syn: questioningly,
quizzically] |
soliloquize
(wn) | soliloquize
v 1: talk to oneself [syn: monologuize, monologuise,
soliloquize, soliloquise] |
NE UNQUES SEISIE QUIZ DOWER
(bouvier) | NE UNQUES SEISIE QUIZ DOWER, pleading. A plea by which a defendant denies
the right of a widow who sues for, and demands her dower in lands, &c., late
of her husband, because the husband was not, on the day of her marriage with
him, or any time afterwards, seised of such estate, so that she could be
endowed of the game. See 2 Saund. 329; 10 Went. 159; 3 Chitt. Pl. 598, and
the authorities there cited.
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