quizzing

English

Verb

quizzing

1. present participle and gerund of quiz

Noun

quizzing (countable and uncountable, plural quizzings)

1. (now rare, archaic) The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery. [from 18th c.]
   • 1846, Richard Cobbold, The History of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl, page 83:

     He knew that he had spoken the truth, though it had cost him a severe pang; and whilst he felt much grief at the thought of the jeers and quizzings he should meet with […]

2. The asking of questions; interrogation. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• quizzing glass