Associations to the word «Bruit»

Wiktionary

BRUIT, noun. (archaic) Rumour, talk, hearsay.
BRUIT, noun. (medicine) An abnormal sound heard on auscultation. (French pronunciation)
BRUIT, verb. (US) (archaic British) to spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.

Dictionary definition

BRUIT, verb. Tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats