suss
/sʌs/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Northern England/sʊs/
suss is the alternative form of soss.
Verb (2)
suss (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)
- To discover, infer or figure out.
- Think we're standing for injustice / White gets two and black gets five years / Well it took me quite a while to suss this1993, “Emergency On Planet Earth”, performed by Jamiroquai
- This David did without the crook knowing he had been sussed out.[…]When David returned home after sussing this new crook, he made sure one or two key people were informed about his true nature, and they were all then further protected.2007, Alex Caldon, The Quest for Truth, page 107
- To study or size up, to check out (examine).
Meaning of soss
Noun (1)
soss (plural sosses)
Noun (2)
soss (plural sosses)
- A lazy fellow.
- A heavy fall.
- wi a soss aboon the claiths
Ilk ane their gifts down flang1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven
- wi a soss aboon the claiths
Noun (3)
soss (plural sosses)
- A sausage (food product).
- "Where's Bozz? He never misses a soss sizzle."2012, Carl Leckey, The Very, Very, Last Moa, page 28
Noun (4)
soss (countable and uncountable, plural sosses)
- eye-dialect spelling of sauce
Adjective
suss (comparative more suss, superlative most suss)
- Suspicious; suspect.
- ‘Yes – OK, OK. Try not to struggle, Tracey. It just makes you look even more suss.’2001, Mo Hayder, The Treatment, 2008, Bantam, UK, page 244
- 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...2009, Barbara Ward Smith, Dead Centre: Murder Mystery, AuthorHouse, UK, page 191
Noun (1)
suss (uncountable)
- Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.
Verb (1)
suss (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)
- To arrest for suspicious behaviour.
Noun (2)
suss (uncountable)
- Social nous.
- ‘I′m surprised at you, Danny Weston! I thought you had a bit more suss than this. I never thought you were capable of something so ... silly.’1995, Philip Caveney, Skin Flicks, published 2012, unnumbered page
- The next painter the sultan approached was a sly old dog with more suss than a Cockney two-card trickster.1996, Phil Healey, Rick Glanvill, Now That′s What I Call Urban Myths, page 138
Proper noun capitalized: Suss
Suss (plural Susses)
- A surname
Forms of suss
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | susses |
| alternative form | sus |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more suss |
| superlative | most suss |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | susses |
| present participle | sussing |
| past participle | sussed |
| past | sussed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Susses |
Origin of suss
Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus.
From suspect; originally suss out (“to discover or figure out”).
Words formed from suss
Phrases with suss
Words that rhyme with suss
11 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about suss
- What does suss mean?
- Suss means suspicious; suspect.
- What is suss the alternative form of?
- Suss is the alternative form of soss.
- What part of speech is suss?
- Suss can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce suss?
- Suss is pronounced /sʌs/.
Words near suss in the dictionary
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