bruit

American  

[broot] / brut /

verb (used with object)

1. to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed byabout ).

   The report was bruited through the village.

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noun

1. Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.

2. Archaic. rumor; report.

3. Archaic. noise; din; clamor.

bruit British  

/ bruːt /

verb

1. to report; rumour

   it was bruited about that the king was dead

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noun

1. med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur

2. archaic

   1. a rumour

   2. a loud outcry; clamour

Other Word Forms

• bruiter
  noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Les feuilles mortes qu’elle retournait ainsi devenaient soudain brillantes comme de l’or et s’entrechoquaient avec un bruit clair de m�tal.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

"L'Op�ra toujours Fait bruit et merveilles: On y voit les sourds Boucher leurs oreilles."

From Physiology of The Opera by Swaby, John H.