Sus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).
noun
  1. Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).
adj
  1. Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.
  2. Suspicious; raising or causing people to have suspicions.
  3. Acting in a borderline sexually inappropriate way, causing others to "suspect" them of being sexually attracted to someone and trying to hide it.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of suspended.
verb
  1. To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).
intj
  1. 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.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of sport utility sedan (“an AWD sedan with increased ground clearance and fatter knobbier tires”).
noun
  1. plural of SU
intj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sus.

Pronunciation

/sʌs/ /sʊs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sus.wav

Word forms

Sus more sus susser most sus sussest susses sussing sussed SUSs SUSes

Etymology

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.

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