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suss.

Suspicious; suspect.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Suspicious; suspect.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · US · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus.

noun/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.

    UK · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus.

verb/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. To arrest for suspicious behaviour.

    UK · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus.

verb/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. To discover, infer or figure out.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · often · transitive
  2. To study or size up, to check out (examine).

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · transitive
Where this word comes from

From suspect; originally suss out (“to discover or figure out”).

noun/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Social nous.

    UK · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From suspect; originally suss out (“to discover or figure out”).

noun/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Alternative form of soss (“miry place”).

    alt-of · alternative
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