Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suss out

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: suss out
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come to understand (a person).

Colloquial; Transitive verb

verb

To manage to work (something) out, to discover or determine (something).

Colloquial; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"We've sussed him out—he only drinks on Fridays and only in that bar in town."
"In essence, security experts most familiar with this breach believe that a nation-state — likely China or Russia — stole the data in order to suss out current spies and pick out potential targets they could recruit as spies."
"We've sussed out how to open the lock."
"You sussed it out, didn't you?"
"As far as electric cars are concerned, motorists have sussed out that they do not make particularly good financial sense, even with a $7,500 handout from the federal government."

Etymology

Clipping of suspect + out. Compare sus.

Usage

Inflected Forms

susses out (present, singular) sussing out (participle, present) sussed out (participle, past) sussed out (past)

Synonyms

check check up on look into check out check over go over check into

Questions

What does suss out mean?: To come to understand (a person).
Where does suss out come from?: Clipping of suspect + out. Compare sus.

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