<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>quizzes: an informal test or examination of a student or class.</li><li>a questioning.</li><li>a practical joke; a hoax.</li><li>Chiefly British: an eccentric, often odd-looking person.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>quizzed, quizzing: to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.</li><li>to question closely: The police quizzed several suspects.</li><li>Chiefly British: to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff.</li></ul>