quiz kid
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A very intelligent or accomplished child or young person, especially one who demonstrated his or her knowledge and quick thinking on radio or television programs in the mid-20th century.
noun
Alternative form of quiz kid.
Example Sentences
- "Brown recalled: I went up to read for her, and this forbidding lady said, "You think you're smart, you Quiz Kid you! What did Shakespeare mean by the phrase, bearded like the pard?" And I said, "Leopard, bearded like the leopard". It was a guess, a wild guess. And she said, "By golly, yes! You are smart!""
- "Through the next two debates, Kerry never lost that quiz-kid sharpness. He seemed to have an answer for everything."
- "Schlesinger never stopped seeming like the brightest student in class, "the eternal Quiz Kid," in Time magazine's phrase."