- suss
- • savvy/know how. eg. "He got a lot of suss".
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suss — [sʌs] v also suss sb/sth<=>out [T] BrE informal to realize or discover something, or to find out the things that you need to know about someone or something ▪ He finally sussed out the truth. suss (that) ▪ I soon sussed that she wasn t… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suss — Brit. informal ► VERB (sussed, sussing) 1) (often suss out) realize or understand the true character or nature of. 2) (sussed) clever and well informed. ► NOUN ▪ knowledge or awareness of a specified kind: business suss … English terms dictionary
Suss. — «suhs», transitive verb. British Slang. Usually, suss out. to figure out: »Do not, please, tell me…that youth susses things out for itself (Anthony Burgess). Then there are those people who reckon they have got you all sussed out (Listener).… … Useful english dictionary
Süss — Süss, Wilhelm, Mathematiker, * Frankfurt am Main 7. 3. 1895, ✝ Freiburg im Breisgau 21. 5. 1958; nach einem längeren Japanaufenthalt 1928 Dozent in Greifswald, 1934 Professor in Freiburg im Breisgau. Süss gründete 1944 das Mathematike… … Universal-Lexikon
suss — (v.) to figure out, investigate and discover, 1966, earlier to suspect (1953, police jargon), a slang shortening of SUSPECT (Cf. suspect) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
suss — [sus] vt. [shortened < SUSPECT] [Slang, Chiefly Brit.] to figure out; grasp, as a result of investigation, study, or intuition: often with out … English World dictionary
Süss — 1. Einer mag s süss, der ander sawr, so werden alle gemüse passen. – Petri, II, 181; Henisch, 1489, 14. 2. Es ist nichts so süss, es ist etwas Bitteres dabei. Holl.: Binnen schijn van zoetheid vindt men dikwijls gal. (Harrebomée, II, 247b.) Lat … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
suss — I. /sʌs / (say sus) Colloquial –adjective 1. suspect; dubious; unreliable: her story sounded pretty suss to me. 2. suspicious: to be suss about the offer. –verb (i) 3. to realise: to suss that you are not welcome. –phrase 4. suss out, to… …
suss — I. adj British suspect or suspicious ► I thought it was a bit suss when they offered it to me for nothing. II. n British 1. knowhow , savvy . A usage in currency since the 1970s, based on suss (out). ► I wouldn t worry about her, she s got a lot… … Contemporary slang
suss — [[t]sʌ̱s[/t]] susses, sussing, sussed VERB If you suss a person or situation, you realize or work out what their real character or nature is. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n] I think I ve sussed the reason for it... [V that] The women began to suss that… … English dictionary
Süss — Süß bezeichnet eine Grundqualität des Geschmacks, typisch z. B. für Zucker und Honig, siehe Gustatorische Wahrnehmung und für eine Einstufung von Süße Süßkraft eine Geschmacksangabe bei Wein, siehe Geschmacksangabe (Wein) im Drucker Handwerk die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
