different between sussed vs suss

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

sussed

1. simple past tense and past participle of suss

Adjective

sussed (not comparable)

1. (slang) Sorted, organised; figured out, understood.
   • 2005, Daniel C. Bristow, Halcyon Nights, page 57,

     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.

   • 2011, Henry Sutton, Get Me Out of Here, page 78,

     ‘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.’

2. (slang) Well-informed; in the know, savvy.
   • 1981, Muff Andersson, Music in the Mix: The story of South African Popular Music, page 53,

     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.

   • 1999, Jane C. Stokes, Anna Reading, The media in Britain: current debates and developments, (page 215),

     […] for example J-17?s February issue carried an informative quiz, ‘Are you sussed about sex?’

   • 2000, Daniel O?Brien, SF:UK: How British Science Fiction Changed the World, unidentified page,

     Their replacement came in the form of Liz Shaw (Caroline John), a rather more sussed female ‘companion’ than most of her predecessors.

   • 2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, page 508,

     “But he didn?t, he just got lucky. When you?re lucky like that, though, people start to look up to you ... They reckon you?re more sussed than others.”

   • 2006, Stephen Simm, Miss Kwa Kwa, page 191,

     She certainly seemed a lot more sussed than Martie remembered her.

Synonyms

• (organised, figured out):
• (well-informed): savvy, switched on

Related terms

• suss out

Anagrams

• sudses

English

Alternative forms

• sus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Homophone: sus

Etymology 1

Noun

suss (plural susses)

1. Alternative form of soss (“miry place”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of suspicious.

Adjective

suss (comparative more suss, superlative most suss)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, US, colloquial) Suspicious.
   • 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

suss (uncountable)

1. (Britain) Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.

Related terms

• suss law

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

From suspect; originally suss out (“to investigate”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, often with "out") To discover, infer or figure out.
   • 2007, Alex Caldon, The Quest for Truth, page 107,

     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, Jenny Ainslie-Turner, Jolene: A Fiery Redhead Who Loves Talking Dirty: True Life Autobiography of a 1-2-1 Chat Girl, page 43,

     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 sussed for a hell of a long time.

   • 2008, David Burchell, Trying to find the sunny side of life, Tony Jones, Best Australian Political Writing, page 275,

     It occurred to me that Matt?s mates, far from being proper objects of solicitation and sympathy, actually must feel they had life sussed.

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

Derived terms

• suss out

Related terms

• sussed (adjective)

Noun

suss (uncountable)

1. (Britain) Social nous.
   • 1995, Philip Caveney, Skin Flicks, 2012, unnumbered page,

     ‘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.’

   • 1996, Phil Healey, Rick Glanvill, Now That?s What I Call Urban Myths, page 138,

     The next painter the sultan approached was a sly old dog with more suss than a Cockney two-card trickster.

   • 1996, Mick Middles, Factory: The Story of the Record Label, 2011, unnumbered page,

     ‘I always was the true fucking star of this band. They uaed to say I was the fifth member ... I?m the first fucking member. Always was and always will be a star ... that?s me. Fucking Wythenshawe taking over Washington, that?s what this is, miles more suss we have than any of these bastards.’

   • 2001, Victoria Mary Clarke, A Drink With Shane MacGowan, 2012, unnumbered page,

     No, not cynicism, just fucking suss, David Bowie has more suss than the fucking people that are trying to put him through the mincer.

Anagrams

• USSS