Definition of "bruit" [bruit]

• To spread news of; repeat. (verb-transitive)
• Medicine An abnormal sound heard in auscultation. (noun)
• Archaic A rumor. (noun)
• Archaic A din; a clamor. (noun)

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• "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."
• "22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons."
• "Exceptions: Your doctor hears a swishing sound, called a bruit, with a stethoscope, or you have had a stroke or mini-stroke. 7."