Bruit (Verb)
Meaning
Tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- People began to bruit about a politician's alleged scandalous behavior before any evidence was presented.
- The townsfolk were bruiting rumors that the abandoned mansion was haunted by supernatural forces.
- It's been bruited about that the company is planning to downsize and lay off hundreds of employees.
- The media has been accustomed to bruiting the details of celebrities' personal lives for years.
- Neighbors started to bruit a rumor that a new family moving in was somehow connected to organized crime.