suss
Suspicious; suspectSuspicious; suspect.
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» I just can't suss it out.
Ich komme einfach nicht dahinter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ich kapier's einfach nicht. — mhr
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1 senses(Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, colloquial)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.’
Examples
3 sentencesI just can't suss it out.
deIch komme einfach nicht dahinter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm trying to suss her out.
deIch versuche, aus ihr schlau zu werden. — freddy1
He's got you sussed.
deEr hat dich durchschaut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus.Clipping of suspicious and/or suspect (adjective). Compare sus.
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Forms
more suss, most sussLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.