Verb: bruit broot
- Tell or spread rumours
"It was bruited that the next president would be a woman";
- rumor [US], rumour [Brit, Cdn]
- (medicine) an abnormal murmur heard with a stethoscope
"The doctor detected a bruit in the patient's carotid artery"
Derived forms: bruited, bruiting, bruits
Type of: dish [N. Amer, informal], dish the dirt [informal], gossip
Encyclopedia: Bruit