quizzing
verb
Definitions
To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
To question closely, to interrogate.
To instruct by means of a quiz.
noun
Definitions
The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, railery.
The asking of questions; interrogation.