quiz — OAT · Shobdo

quiz

noun

1 the talk was followed by a gardening quiz:

test of knowledge, competition, panel game, quiz game, quiz show.

2 police quiz suspect found hiding in bush:

interrogation, questioning, cross-examination, cross-questioning, interview, catechism, examination;

informal grilling, pumping, the third degree.

verb

a man was being quizzed by police last night:

question, interrogate, put questions to, probe, sound out, interview, examine, cross-examine, catechize;

informal grill, put the screws on, pump, give someone the third degree, put someone through the third degree, put someone through the wringer/mangle, worm something out of someone.