Bruit

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  • transitive verb. To spread news of; repeat.
  • noun. An abnormal sound heard in auscultation.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A rumor.
  • noun. A din; a clamor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To announce with noise; report; noise abroad.
  • To give forth sound; sound.
  • noun. Report; rumor; fame.
  • noun. A noise; a loud sound; a din.
  • noun. [Mod. F., pron. brwÄ“.] In pathology, the name given to sounds of various nature, in general abnormal, produced in the body, or evoked in it, by percussion or succussion: used to some extent in English.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To report; to noise abroad.
  • noun. Report; rumor; fame.
  • noun. An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Rumour, talk, hearsay.
  • verb. to spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. tell or spread rumors
  • Word Usage
    "These he laid on a table until he had placed his head close to Kent's hearty listening to what he called the bruit -- the rushing of blood through the aneurismal sac."
    Form
    bruited  bruiting  
    Hypernym
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    Same Context
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    Synonym
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    fame  report  rumor  
    verb-form
    bruited  bruiting  bruits