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quiz(2)(dictionary)
quiz(3)(dictionary)
quiz(4)(dictionary)
pop quiz(dictionary)
quiz 1, noun(dictionary)
quiz 2, verb(dictionary)
NE UNQUES SEISIE QUIZ DOWER, pleading(law)

whinge (iou) and pop quiz (oh)


whinge (iou)



whinge verb & noun. Now colloq. (earlier Scot. & north.).
[Late Old English hwinsian = Old High German win(i)son (German winseln), from Germanic. Cf. WHINE.]
A. verb intrans. Pres. pple & verbal noun -g(e)ing. Whine; esp. complain peevishly, grumble. LOE.
B. Pearson The door whinged and Heath came in. A. Taylor Gamblers shouldn't whinge when they lose. Times Educational Supplement To stop whingeing about low morale.
b. noun. A whine, esp. a peevish complaint, a grumble. E16.
D. Hewett The landlady..with some whinge about the Other tenants.
? Not recorded between OE and E16.

pop quiz (oh)



n [C] AmE
a short test that a teacher gives without any warning, in order to check whether students have been studying