Soon English speakers were also using it to mean "report" or "rumor" (it applied especially to favorable reports). We also began using "bruit" as a verb the way we used (and still occasionally do use) the verb "noise," with the meaning "to spread by rumor or report" (as in "the scandal was quickly noised about").
How do you use bruit in a sentence?
Bruit in a Sentence ?
- The soldier delivered a bruit to his commander, detailing the events of the mission his soldiers had been dispatched on.
- My rival spread a bruit about me to the rest of the class, trying to make me look bad with idle gossip.
What does to bruit mean?
Bruit: A sound heard over an artery or vascular channel, reflecting turbulence of flow. Most commonly, a bruit is caused by abnormal narrowing of an artery.
