Reverse Dictionary: QUESTION

ADJECTIVES
► ON THE CARPET being rebuked or questioned closely by a person in authority → 1888 Amer. sl.
► ON THE HAVEY-CAVEY questioning, doubting → L18 sl.
► ON THE HAVEY-QUAVEY on the inquiry, questioning, and doubting → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PERCONTATORIAL given to questioning, inquisitive → 1853
► PYSMATIC interrogatory, questioning, inquiring → 1652 obs.
► QUESTIONAL relating to questions → 1607 obs.
► QUESTIONARY 1. having the form of a question; consisting of questions → 1653
2. that asks questions → 1711
► QUESTIONOUS given to asking questions; inquisitive → 1893
► QUESTION-SICK having a mania for questioning → 1647 obs.

ADVERBS
► QUESTIONATIVELY as a question → 1657 obs.
► QUESTION-WISE as a question → 1642 obs.

NOUNS
► AX a question → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BACK-SPEERIN ► BACK-SPEIRIN ► BACK-SPIERING questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination → 1827 Sc.
► BONER a difficult question → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CATCH a catching or entangling question → 1674 obs.
► CONK-BUSTER ► KONK-BUSTER a hard-to-answer question or problem → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRUNCHER a critical or vital point; a difficult or decisive question or problem → 1947 colloq.
► DOROTHY DIXER a question, prepared in advance, to make the person questioned look good; generally used by politicians → 20C Aust. sl.
► GRANNY GRUNT a mythical character to whom most questions may be referred → 1942 Amer. dial.
► HOOKER a difficult question on an examination → 1971 Amer. sl.
► MAND a question → a1400 obs.
► NECK-QUESTION a test question, one endangering one’s neck → 1655 obs.
► OPPOSAL the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle → 1426 obs.
► PERCONTATION a question or inquiry which requires more than a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer → 1623
► PUMP an attempt at extracting information from anyone by exhaustive or skilful questioning → 1740 obs.
► Q AND A a question and answer session → 1997 US
► QUAERE ► QUERE a question, a query → 1589
► QUESTIONARY a list of questions → 1541
► QUESTIONFUL a full reply to a question → 1647 obs.
► QUEZZIE a question → 2002 UK sl.
► QUIRK a dodge, a trick; a quibble, catch; a question asked in order to elicit information → 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► QUIZ a question → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► SIXTY-FOUR DOLLAR QUESTION a question that gets to the heart of the matter → 1942 US sl.
► SIXTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION a question that gets to the heart of the matter → 1942 US sl.
► SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION a question that gets to the heart of the matter → 1942 US sl.
► WALLACE BEERY a query, a question → 1990s rhyming sl.
► WORKS the ‘third’ degree,’ a prolonged and supposedly violent period of questioning by the police → 20C sl.
► ZINGER a surprise question, or an unexpected turn of events → 1973 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAILER a person who asks questions → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PUTTER a person who raises a question, problem, etc. → a1400
► QUERIST one who asks or inquires; a questioner, interrogator → 1633
► QUESTIONEE one who is questioned → 1866
► WAVE-MAKER a person who raises questions, imposes difficulties and objections, etc. → 1960s sl.

VERBS
► AFRAYNE to question → c1380 obs.
► BACKSPEER ► BACKSPEIR ► BACKSPIER to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter → 1808 Sc.
► BUZZ to question a person; to interview → 1871 Amer. sl.
► CALL ONE’S HAND to question, to call one to account → c1960 Amer. dial.
► CATECHIZE to question or interrogate systematically or at length; esp. to question or examine with a view to reproof or condemnation; to take to task → 1604
► CROSS-HACKLE to cross-question vexatiously or persistently → 1826
► CROSSQUOBBLE to pester with questions, to confuse → 1920 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIRE ON to ask questions in a rapid-fire manner → 1970s Afrifcan-American sl.
► FRONT to challenge, to question → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► HAVEY-QUAVEY to inquire, to question → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IRM to whine, to complain; to question querulously and continuously → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► OPPOSE to confront with objections or hard questions; to examine, to interrogate, to question → c1386 obs.
► QUARREL to question, to call to account, to challenge; to find fault with, to rebuke; to object to → 1709 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► QUEST to question, to request, to demand → 1897
► QUESTIONIZE to put questions to → 1847 Amer.
► QUIRK to question; to draw a person out → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUISET ► QUISITE ► QUIZZET ► QUIZZIT to question; to ask prying questions → 1905 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIZ to interrogate, to cross-question; to ask inquisitive question; to make prying inquiries → 1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RAG to question closely, to interrogate → 2000s sl.
► SIFT to subject one to close questioning → a1566
► SQUIZZIT to question; to inquire into, to examine → 1922 Amer. dial.
► TAIRGE ► TARGE to question closely, to cross-examine → 1786 Sc.
► TARRAGAT to interrogate, to question strictly and persistently; to tease, to torment with questions; to pester → 1825 Sc.
► UNDERCROP to question stealthily; to sound → 1596 obs.
► YERM ► YIRM ► YURM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone → 1832 Sc.