THE FIRST WORD

suss

PRONUNCIATION:

(suhs) 

MEANING:

verb tr.: To inspect, investigate, or to figure out.

ETYMOLOGY:

By shortening of suspect, from Latin sub- (below) + specere (to look). Earliest documented use: 1953.

USAGE:

"Within moments a swarm of small drones could arrive on the scene, to suss it [the location of the gunshot] out for the cops."
Nick Paumgarten; Here's Looking At You; The New Yorker; May 14, 2012.