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suss

[ suhs ]

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually followed by out ).


suss

/ ʌ /

verb

  1. often foll by out to attempt to work out (a situation, person's character, etc), esp using one's intuition
  2. Alsosus to become aware of; suspect (esp in the phrase suss it )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. sharpness of mind; social astuteness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of suss1

First recorded in 1965–70; earlier, to suspect, a suspect, shortening of suspect
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of suss1

C20: shortened from suspect
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But from the moment Pope Francis was buried, parts of the Italian press and many visitors turned cardinal-hunters, trying to suss out his most likely successor.

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You don’t even have to pull that many strings on the conspiracy wall to suss out the plainer insult of Remmick and his white accompaniment unleashing a country-fried version of an arrangement by a Black woman to ingratiate himself to the oppressed folks he wants to devour,

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As it expanded the claims for its product from helping people suss out their ancestry to giving them information about their genetic predispositions to certain diseases, it attracted the notice of the Food and Drug Administration.

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Avalon Airport CEO Ari Suss said the airport had reopened.

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The purpose of the lie isn't too hard to suss out, either.

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