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suss

  [suhs]
–verb (used with object)
Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually fol. by out).
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Origin:
1965–70; earlier, to suspect, a suspect, shortening of suspect
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suss   (sŭs)   
tr.v.   sussed, suss·ing, suss·es Slang

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

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


[Probably short for suspect.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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suss  (v.)
"to figure out, investigate and discover," 1966, earlier "to suspect" (1953, police jargon), a slang shortening of suspect (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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