quizzing

quizzing is the present participle and gerund of quiz.

Noun

quizzing (countable and uncountable, plural quizzings)

(archaic) The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.
- 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
The asking of questions; interrogation.

quiz (third-person singular simple present quizzes, present participle quizzing, simple past and past participle quizzed)

(archaic, transitive) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
- he quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room—1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis
(archaic, transitive) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
(transitive) To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.
- He quizzed the suspect for around half an hour.
(transitive) To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz.
(obsolete, rare, transitive) To play with a quiz.

plural	quizzings

What does quizzing mean?: Quizzing means the act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.
What is quizzing the present participle and gerund of?: Quizzing is the present participle and gerund of quiz.
What part of speech is quizzing?: Quizzing is a noun.
What is the plural of quizzing?: The plural of quizzing is quizzings.

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