Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Banter; raillery; teasing.
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- verb Present participle of
quiz .
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Examples
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I'm sorry to be such a marplot, but you can take it out in quizzing me after I'm gone.
Rose in Bloom 1876
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Over at M&S, their helpline operator didn't find the idea of quizzing a seven-year-old over data protection at all incredible.
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'quizzing' -- the not unreasonable ground of unpopularity with her female friends.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 Various 1841
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England what pleasure was derived from the exercise of that faculty he understood to be called "quizzing"; that he could by no means reconcile it to himself according to any rule either of good breeding or benevolence.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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From beginning to end, these volumes afford almost continued specimens of perfection in the art of "quizzing," and may therefore be particularly indicated to such as are anxious to acquire proficiency in that way.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821
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They cut at each other constantly; he kept "quizzing" us on every topic of conversation that came up.
Daddy's Roses 2009
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'' [Receivers coach Karl Dorrell] came in and did a lot of film work, kind of quizzing me.
unknown title 2009
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'' [Receivers coach Karl Dorrell] came in and did a lot of film work, kind of quizzing me.
unknown title 2009
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This year, we achieved nirvana, taking a house nestling under Hay Bluff where, after a morning spent quizzing festival attendees about their literary output, I could slip on my boots and head up the hills with dog and children in tow.
Rob Lowe plus books – what could be better? | Mariella Frostrup 2011
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The protracted tape-recorded inquisition of Markham has only a few diverting moments—for instance, when Kubrick is quizzing the historian about Talleyrand and Napoleon's two-faced police chief, Fouché:
How Stanley Kubrick Met His Waterloo Frederic Raphael 2011
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