suss

== English == === Alternative forms === sus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sʌs/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /sʊs/ Rhymes: -ʌs Homophone: sus === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== suss (plural susses) Alternative form of soss (“miry place”). === Etymology 2 === Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus. ==== Adjective ==== suss (comparative more suss, superlative most suss) (UK, Australia, New Zealand, US, colloquial) Suspicious; suspect. 2001, Mo Hayder, The Treatment, 2008, Bantam, UK, page 244, ‘Yes – OK, OK. Try not to struggle, Tracey. It just makes you look even more suss.’ 2009, Barbara Ward Smith, Dead Centre: Murder Mystery, AuthorHouse, UK, page 191, I think it was Amber Johnson dressed up said Marc, but its proving it, we don′t have much to go on according to her said Jan her friend has been driving her car, yes very convenient said Marc and it′s even more suss that this friend has gone on holiday, did she ever give us the name of this mystical friend? Asked Jan. ==== Noun ==== suss (uncountable) (UK) Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent. ===== Related terms ===== suss law ==== Verb ==== suss (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed) (transitive, UK, obsolete) To arrest for suspicious behaviour. === Etymology 3 === From suspect; originally suss out (“to discover or figure out”). ==== Verb ==== suss (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed) (transitive, UK, Australia, New Zealand, often with "out") To discover, infer or figure out. 2008, David Burchell, Trying to find the sunny side of life, Tony Jones, Best Australian Political Writing, page 275, It occurred to me that Matt′s mates, far from being proper objects of solicitation and sympathy, actually must feel they had life sussed. (transitive, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To study or size up, to check out (examine). ===== Derived terms ===== suss out ===== Related terms ===== sussed (adjective) ==== Noun ==== suss (uncountable) (UK) Social nous. === Anagrams === USSS