- 1to ask someone a lot of questions about something in order to get information from them synonym question quiz somebody (about somebody/something) Four men are being quizzed by police about the murder. quiz somebody (on/over something) We were quizzed on our views about education.
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- 2quiz somebody to give students an informal test You will be quizzed on chapter 6 tomorrow.
quiz
verbNAmE//kwɪz//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they quiz he / she / it quizzes
past simple quizzed
-ing form quizzing
Check pronunciation: quiz