quizzing

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noun

The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.

UncommonFirst used 18th c.Scrabble 36
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quiz
nounquizzing (countable and uncountable, plural quizzings)

plural quizzings

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.First known use 18th c.

    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[…]

    1846, Richard Cobbold, The History of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl, page 83
  2. countableuncountableThe asking of questions; interrogation.First known use 19th c.
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