Definition of bruits:
(n) :
(medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.
(v) :
(transitive, archaic in British, current in the US) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
(n) :
(uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.
(n) :
(countable, obsolete) A clamour, an outcry; a noise.