bruit

bruit (br

tr.v. bruit·ed, bruit·ing, bruits

To spread news of; repeat.

1. also (br

) Medicine An abnormal sound heard in auscultation.

2. Archaic

a. A rumor.

b. A din; a clamor.

[From Middle English, noise, from Old French, past participle of bruire, to roar, from Vulgar Latin *brgre (blend of Latin rgre and Vulgar Latin *bragere, to bray, of Celtic origin).]

bruit [bruːt]

(tr; often passive; usually foll by about) to report; rumour it was bruited about that the king was dead

1. (Medicine / Pathology) Med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur

2. Archaic

a. a rumour

b. a loud outcry; clamour

[via French from Medieval Latin brūgītus, probably from Vulgar Latin bragere (unattested) to yell + Latin rugīre to roar]

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Verb

bruit - tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

rumor, rumour

dish the dirt, gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"

Translations

bruit (o.f.) [bruːt] VT to bruit about (US) (liter) → rumorear

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abatement background ballyhoo cheep clang click clunk complain dish the dirt drip noise noiselessly noisy quietly rasping rattle rumor rumour shattering	Neither can they be secret, and therefore not effectual; but according to the French proverb, Beaucoup de bruit, peu de fruit; Much bruit little fruit. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context By the Mother of Heaven, I am a better Christian man than thou and thy fellowship; for the bruit goeth shrewdly out, that the most holy Order of the Temple of Zion nurseth not a few heretics within its bosom, and that Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert is of the number. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context	Bruchidae Bruchus Bruchus pisorum brucine Brucite Brücke Bruckeled Bruckenthalia Bruckenthalia spiculifolia Bruckner Brudenell Bruegel Brueghel Bruges brugmansia Brugmansia arborea Brugmansia sanguinea Brugmansia suaveolens Bruh bruin bruise bruised bruiser Bruisewort bruising bruit Brule Brulé Brumaire brumal brumby brume brummagem Brummell Brummie Brummy brumous Brun Brunanburh brunch brunch coat Brundisium Brunei Brunei dollar Bruneian Brunel Brunelleschi brunet brunette Brunfelsia Brunfelsia americana	Bruinmense Bruinmense Bruins Bruins bruise bruise bruise bruise bruise bruised bruised bruised bruised bruised sole bruiser Bruisers bruises bruises bruises bruises Bruisewort bruisin bruising bruising bruising bruising bruisingly bruisingly bruisings bruisings bruit bruit about bruit abroad Bruit Additif Blanc Gaussien Bruit de diable Bruit de diable Bruit de Fond Bruit Qui Court bruited bruited bruited bruited about bruiting bruiting bruiting bruits bruits bruits Brujería (Witchcraft) Brujería (Witchcraft) Brujo brujos Bruk, Isaak Bruk, Isaak Semenovich BruksprovsFörarFörenigen BRUL Brule Brulé Brule County Brule County, SD Brule County, South Dakota

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abatement
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ballyhoo
cheep
clang
click
clunk
complain
dish the dirt
drip
noise
noiselessly
noisy
quietly
rasping
rattle
rumor
rumour
shattering

Neither can they be secret, and therefore not effectual; but according to the French proverb, Beaucoup de bruit, peu de fruit; Much bruit little fruit.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

By the Mother of Heaven, I am a better Christian man than thou and thy fellowship; for the bruit goeth shrewdly out, that the most holy Order of the Temple of Zion nurseth not a few heretics within its bosom, and that Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert is of the number.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

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