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sussed

sussed is the simple past and past participle of suss.

sussed is the simple past and past participle of sus.

Adjective

sussed (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Sorted, organised; figured out, understood.
    • Chippenham's hardly the romantic capitol of the world m′boy, but I see exactly what you′re saying, though I think you′ve got it more sussed than all us.2005, Daniel C. Bristow, Halcyon Nights, page 57
    • ‘You mean you were still on dial-up?’ He laughed. ‘For someone who does what you do, I can′t believe you′re not more sussed.’2011, Henry Sutton, Get Me Out of Here, page 78
  2. (slang) Well-informed; in the know, savvy.
    • Patric′s one of the most sussed beings in the industry, but the schizophrenia that comes from being unable to reconcile a love of music with a desire to make lots of bucks seems to have affected everyone.1981, Muff Andersson, Music in the Mix: The story of South African Popular Music, page 53
    • […] for example J-17′s February issue carried an informative quiz, ‘Are you sussed about sex?’1999, Jane C. Stokes, Anna Reading, The media in Britain: current debates and developments, page 215
    Synonyms:
    savvy, switched on

Meaning of suss

Verb (1)

suss (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)

  1. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To arrest for suspicious behaviour.

Verb (2)

suss (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)

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

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Meaning of sus

Verb

sus (third-person singular simple present susses, present participle sussing, simple past and past participle sussed)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).
    • yeah, the account posting offensive stuff got sussed.

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Synonyms of sussed

Phrases with sussed

Words that rhyme with sussed

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Questions about sussed

What does sussed mean?
Sussed means sorted, organised; figured out, understood.
What is sussed the simple past and past participle of?
Sussed is the simple past and past participle of suss.
What part of speech is sussed?
Sussed is an adjective.

Words near sussed in the dictionary

  1. suss law
  2. suss laws
  3. suss out
  4. sussarara
  5. Sussberg
  6. sussed
  7. sussed out
  8. susser
  9. susses
  10. susses out
  11. sussest

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