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bruit

nounverb
Quick answer

As a noun, bruit means an abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope). As a verb, it means disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.

Meanings of bruit

5 meanings

noun

  1. medicineAn abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.

Older and rare meanings (2)

  1. archaicHearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.

  2. obsoleteA clamour, an outcry; a noise.

verb

  1. archaic in britaincurrent in the usTo disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.

  2. Tell or spread rumors

    “It was rumored that the next president would be a woman”

    Similar: rumor, rumour

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: tell or spread rumors
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