Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To infer or discover; figure. Often used with out:
- transitive verb To size up; study. Often used with out:
from The Century Dictionary.
- A variant of
soss .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, UK, Australia, New Zealand To
discover ,infer orfigure out . - verb transitive, UK, New Zealand To
study orsize up , tocheck out (examine). - noun UK Social
nous . - adjective UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial
Suspicious . - noun UK Suspicious behaviour; the act of
loitering withintent . - verb transitive, UK, obsolete To arrest for suspicious behaviour.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sometimes it's even people you're working with - but you kind of suss out which ones are the baby demons.
Tori Amos - Undented 2009
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It helps if you can "suss" out the academic culture and get a feel for what things are like in that person's office, etc.
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What you see here are some fun drawings done in charcoal, which I love doing, that just kind of suss out the directions of the art.
Archive 2007-08-01 Zillabob 2007
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What you see here are some fun drawings done in charcoal, which I love doing, that just kind of suss out the directions of the art.
Musings...Drawings... Zillabob 2007
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The Portuguese are paying 1. 75% more than the Germans and indicates that the markets see them as less 'suss' to lend to nowadays.
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Education and learning You know if someone's a bit 'suss', they're a bit suspicious, right? what about when you
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During oral arguments, justices tried to suss out whether attorneys believed the court was ruling on behalf of all districts in the state—or just the 31 so-called former Abbott districts identified over the years as being poor, highly taxed, failing and/or serving a large population of students who need extra resources.
Court Decision Could Upend N.J. Schools Lisa Fleisher 2011
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That information will help you suss out how capable she is of handling all the responsibilities on her plate.
Ten Questions You'd Better Ask Your Boss Susan Adams 2011
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Can they suss out a good song if their ears are bleeding?
Kara DioGuardi on Platinum Hit's Bad Singing Problem, Plans for More Post-Idol TV 2011
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Bonus points if you can suss out the rather strained relationship between the man pictured to the events on this episode.
oroboros commented on the word suss
"But the truth was out for all to see long before the big-name take-downs. For months sourcewatch.org has identified Martin Eisenstadt as a hoax. When Mr. Stein was the victim, he blogged that “there was enough info on the Web that I should have sussed this thing out.�?
--NY Times story about an internet hoax.
November 17, 2008
cxkang commented on the word suss
Also made popular by the Radiohead song, "High and Dry"
not really used in my neighborhood
April 22, 2009