(v. t.) To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.

(v. t.) To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

(v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

(n.) That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.

(v. i.) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

(v. t.) To sound forth by buzzing.

(v. t.) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.

(v. t.) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

(v. t.) To sound with a "buzz".

(n.) A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation.

(n.) A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

(n.) The audible friction of voice consonants.

(interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

(n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

(n.) One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

(n.) An odd or absurd fellow.

(n.) An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.

(v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

(v. t.) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

(v. t.) To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

(v. i.) To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

(n.) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

(v. t.) To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.

(v. t.) To make drunk.

(n.) Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.

(v. i.) To fly off in minute particles.

(n.) The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

(n.) A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.

(v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

(n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.

(v. i.) To hiss.

(v. i.) To buzz; to murmur.

(v. i.) To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.

(n.) A hissing and humming sound.

(n.) The face or visage.