Bruit

n.

  1. Bruit, also called vascular murmur, is the abnormal sound generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery due to either an area of partial obstruction or a localized high rate of blood flow through an unobstructed artery. Any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation
  2. [Archaic] noise, din
  3. [Archaic] report, rumor
  4. collective noun for a group of barons
tr. v.
  1. report, rumor (usually used with about, as in “word of his imminent dismissal was bruited about”)