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Verb: bruit  broot
  1. Tell or spread rumours
    "It was bruited that the next president would be a woman";
    - rumor [US], rumour [Brit, Cdn]
Noun: bruit  broot
  1. (medicine) an abnormal murmur heard with a stethoscope
    "The doctor detected a bruit in the patient's carotid artery"

Sounds like: brute, brut

Derived forms: bruited, bruiting, bruits

Type of: dish [N. Amer, informal], dish the dirt [informal], gossip

Encyclopedia: Bruit