bruit >> /brut/
Definition: [verb] Spread (a report or rumor) widely.
Example: I didn't want to have our relationship bruited about the office
Definition: [noun] A report or rumor.
Example: the wildest bruits were greedily credited
Definition: [noun] A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard through a stethoscope; a murmur.
Example: Stenosis in the artery causes a swishing sound, which is heard as a bruit on auscultation and also may be felt as a thrill or slight vibration in the vessel on palpation.