SUSS

Etymology 1

Noun

suss (plural susses)

Alternative form of soss (“miry place”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

suss (comparative more suss, superlative most suss)

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, US, colloquial) Suspicious.

Noun

suss (uncountable)

(UK) Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.

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

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.

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

Noun

suss (uncountable)

(UK) Social nous.

Anagrams

• USSS

Source: Wiktionary



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