suss

suss

 (sŭs)

tr.v. sussed, suss·ing, suss·es Slang

1. To infer or discover; figure. Often used with out: "I think I'm good at sussing out what's going on" (Ry Cooder).

2. To size up; study. Often used with out: "Suss out the designers in whom you are interested" (Lucia van der Post).

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[Probably short for suspect.]

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suss

(sʌs)

vb (tr)

1. (often foll by out) to attempt to work out (a situation, person's character, etc), esp using one's intuition

2. Also: sus to become aware of; suspect (esp in the phrase suss it)

n

sharpness of mind; social astuteness

[C20: shortened from suspect]

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suss

Past participle: sussed
Gerund: sussing

Imperative

suss

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Translations

suss

[sʌs] VT (Brit) (also suss out)

1. (= realize) → percatarse de, coscarse de
they never sussed what was going on → no llegaron a percatarse or coscarse de lo que pasaba

2. (= understand) [+ person] → calar
I sussed him out at once → lo calé en seguida
she's got you sussed → te tiene calado
we couldn't suss it out at all → no logramos sacar nada en claro

3. (= investigate) → investigar, echar un ojo a
I'll have to suss out the job market → tendré que ver cómo está la cosa de trabajo

4. (= find out) → averiguar
I've sussed out the best restaurants → he averiguado cuáles son los mejores restaurantes

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suss

[ˈsʌs] (British) vt

(= work out) → subodorer
I think I've sussed the reason for it
BUT Je crois que j'ai deviné pourquoi.
to suss that ... → subodorer que ...
The women began to suss that there was no reason why they should be impressed by him → Les femmes commençaient à subodorer qu'elles n'avaient aucune raison d'être impressionnées par lui.

(= understand) [+ thing] → piger ; [+ person] → voir clair dans le jeu de
I've got it sussed → J'ai pigé.
I've got him sussed → Je vois clair dans son jeu.

suss out

vt sep

(= check out) [+ area] → repérer
They're sussing out the area to see how strong the police presence is → Ils repèrent la zone pour évaluer la présence policière.

[+ person] → voir clair dans le jeu de
I'd had the training to suss out what he was up to → J'avais été formé à voir clair dans son jeu.
to have sb sussed out → voir clair dans le jeu de qn
She had me sussed out in ten minutes → En dix minutes, elle avait vu clair dans mon jeu.

(= work out) to suss out how ... → piger comment ...
I've sussed out how this thing works → J'ai pigé comment ça marche.

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suss

vt (Brit inf)

(= suspect) plan → kommen hinter (+acc) (inf); to suss it → dahinterkommen (inf); as soon as he sussed what was going on → sobald er dahinterkam, was da gespielt wurde (inf)

to suss somebody out → jdm auf den Zahn fühlen (inf); I can’t suss him out → bei ihm blicke ich nicht durch (inf); I’ve got him sussed (out) → ich habe ihn durchschaut; to suss something out → etw herausbekommen; to suss things out → die Lage peilen (inf)

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suss

[sʌs] vt (Brit) (fam) I've sussed it/him out → ho capito come stanno le cose/che tipo è

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