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quizzing

verb

Meaning

  1. To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
  2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
  3. To question closely, to interrogate.
  4. To instruct by means of a quiz.
  5. To play with a quiz.
  6. The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, railery.
  7. The asking of questions; interrogation.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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