bruit
Americanverb (used with object)
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bruits,
present (3rd person singular)
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bruited,
past participle, past
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bruiting
present participle
noun
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Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
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Archaic. rumor; report.
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Archaic. noise; din; clamor.
verb
noun
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med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur
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archaic
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a rumour
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a loud outcry; clamour
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Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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bruitsimple
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bruitssimple
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have bruitedperfect
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has bruitedperfect
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am bruitingprogressive
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are bruitingprogressive
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is bruitingprogressive
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have been bruitingperfect progressive
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has been bruitingperfect progressive
Past
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bruitedsimple
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had bruitedperfect
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was bruitingprogressive
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were bruitingprogressive
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had been bruitingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of bruit
1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun use of past participle of bruire to roar < Vulgar Latin *brūgere, a conflation of Latin rūgīre to bellow and Vulgar Latin *bragere; see bray 1
Vocabulary lists containing bruit
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Exceptions: Your doctor hears a swishing sound, called a bruit, with a stethoscope, or you have had a stroke or mini-stroke.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2009
Adding to the bruit of Clemens' "discov ery" was the inclusion in the Carnegie International last fortnight of his largest group painting, Water Music, which is an inept substitute for a snapshot.
From Time Magazine Archive
And in the bruit of a large city, if one voice cries out above the turmoil, will not a babel of shouts rise from competitors ?
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus far had I won when I heard a little bruit behind me, and looking up, as I guessed, I saw Jack, over my shoulder.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
Now, the bruit shrewdly goeth, that that member does make common cause with his Grace.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
She bruits the notion of “an emergency semicolon.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2015
"De tous les bruits du monde celui de la musique est le plus desagreable!" was my ever-recurring thought.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
Ans.—No, it iz an alterative; it alters dollars into pence, and men into bruits.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
Throkmorton, writing to the privy council that this king was looked for shortly at Orleans, adds that all bruits of trouble by him were clean appeased, which caused great marvel.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird
Meanwhile there were bruits of great doings in the north of Lincolnshire.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley
The average American probably hears peace talks being constantly bruited and thinks everything is under control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
FDA officials also have bruited the possibility of requiring vaccine manufacturers to modify their shots by this fall to target the omicron variant.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2022
Stars and starlets sought his services, 1950s scandal sheets bruited his name and Mike Wallace grilled him on TV.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2021
Much of the business of “Hollywood” revolves around the question of whether Camille can play the title character — the bruited solution is, hilariously, to change her name to “Meg.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
He swallowed, and said, “Some men say there is wisdom in wine. Such men are fools. At other inns other names are being bruited about, never doubt.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Those who are bruiting a new war are few in number though they may have great money power behind them.
From Time Magazine Archive
The early bruiting of Lloyd Bentsen's name looked like a textbook case of strategic leaking.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wasn’t all that surprised he knew our code name the way people were bruiting it about.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
The fool can never shine in the world by bruiting about his own praise.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
But it's all our old lady's fault for bruiting it about!
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
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