adj
Meaning 1
Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Sus
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Pronunciation
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/sʌs/
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Northern-England: /sʊs/
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rhymes with -ʌs
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homophone: suss
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CMU ARPABET: S AH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Suspicious; raising or causing people to have suspicions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Acting in a borderline sexually inappropriate way, causing others to "suspect" them of being sexually attracted to someone and trying to hide it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, often
Examples
- That guy is always acting sus with the boys—are you sure he's not gay?
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adj
Meaning 4
Abbreviation of suspended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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intj
Meaning 5
A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous, nonce-word
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Synonyms: joj, sos
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intj
Meaning 6
Alternative letter-case form of sus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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name
Meaning 7
Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: Shush
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noun
Meaning 8
Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
Abbreviation of sport utility sedan (“an AWD sedan with increased ground clearance and fatter knobbier tires”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 10
plural of SU
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
Meaning 11
To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, transitive
Examples
- yeah, the account posting offensive stuff got sussed.
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noun
Meaning 12
type genus of the Suidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Sus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mammal genus
History
Etymology
Clipping of suspicious.
Clipping of suspended.
Borrowed from Persian سوس (sus), alternative form of شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Shush.
Clipping of suspicion. Compare suss out, suss.
Clipping of suspend.