Bruit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To spread news of; repeat.
  • n. Medicine An abnormal sound heard in auscultation.
  • n. Archaic A rumor.
  • n. Archaic A din; a clamor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Rumour, talk, hearsay.
  • v. to spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Report; rumor; fame.
  • n. An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.
  • v. To report; to noise abroad.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Report; rumor; fame.
  • n. A noise; a loud sound; a din.
  • n. [Mod. F., pron. brwē.] 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.
  • To announce with noise; report; noise abroad.
  • To give forth sound; sound.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. tell or spread rumors
  • Verb Form
    bruited    bruiting    bruits   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gossip    dish the dirt   
    Form
    bruited    bruiting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    report    rumor    fame   
    Same Context
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