"pop quiz" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pop quizzes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pop quizzes}} pop quiz (plural pop quizzes)
  1. (US) A quiz or test given without warning or prior announcement. Tags: US Translations (test without notice): pistokoe (Finnish), interrogation surprise [feminine] (French), contrôle surprise [masculine] (French), unangekündigter Test [masculine] (German), unangekündigte Prüfung [feminine] (German), Extemporale [dated, neuter] (German), compito a sorpresa [masculine] (Italian), 抜き打ちテスト (nukiuchi tesuto) (alt: ぬきうちてすと) (Japanese), prova surpresa [feminine] (Portuguese), oförberett prov (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pop_quiz-en-noun-jNSKd8qk Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "test without notice",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "test without notice",
      "word": "pistokoe"
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      "sense": "test without notice",
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      "sense": "test without notice",
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      "sense": "test without notice",
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      "sense": "test without notice",
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      "sense": "test without notice",
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      "word": "prova surpresa"
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      "sense": "test without notice",
      "word": "oförberett prov"
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