Brit., Slang to figure out; grasp, as a result of investigation, study, or intuition: often with out
Origin of suss
shortened from suspect
verb
Suss is a British slang term meaning to figure something out.
An example of suss is working out the answer to a difficult math problem.
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suss
transitive verb
sussed, suss·ing, suss·es Slang- To infer or discover; figure. Often used with out: “I think I'm good at sussing out what's going on” ( Ry Cooder )
- To size up; study. Often used with out: “Suss out the designers in whom you are interested” ( Lucia van der Post )
Origin of suss
Probably short for suspectTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more suss, superlative most suss)
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Suspicious.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)
- (UK, obsolete) To arrest for suspicious behaviour.
Origin
From suspicious.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)
Anagrams
Origin
From suspect; originally suss out (“to investigate").
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Sentence Examples
- His favourite adviser was the Jew Suss Oppenheimer, and it was thought that master and servant were aiming at the suppression of the diet and the introduction of the Roman Catholic religion.