suss

/sʌs/

noun 3verb 3adj 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

trying

VERB + SUSS

bit, can't, look

PREP.

out, than

Definitions

noun

Alternative form of soss (“miry place”).

adj

Suspicious; suspect.

2001, Mo Hayder, The Treatment, 2008, Bantam, UK, page 244, ‘Yes – OK, OK. Try not to struggle, Tracey. It just makes you look even more suss.’

2009, Barbara Ward Smith, Dead Centre: Murder Mystery, AuthorHouse, UK, page 191, 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 mystical friend? Asked Jan.

noun

Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.

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Example Bank

2001, Mo Hayder, The Treatment, 2008, Bantam, UK, page 244, ‘Yes – OK, OK. Try not to struggle, Tracey. It just makes you look even more suss.’

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Think we're standing for injustice / White gets two and black gets five years / Well it took me quite a while to suss this

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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 th

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For some other guys who′ve sussed me out, it′s taken them quite some time. A certain regular of mine comes through three or four times a night, but not every night.[…]That said, this regular never sus

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‘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.’

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, suss is marked as obsolete, UK, US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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