donut

noun

do·​nut

less common spelling of doughnut

1

: a small usually ring-shaped piece of sweet fried dough

2

: something (such as a mathematical torus) that has a round shape like a doughnut

3

: a controlled skid that sends an automobile into a tight circle of at least 360 degrees

—usually used in the phrase do doughnuts

Doing doughnuts? You haven't heard about this? This is what they steal the cars for. Top speed, they slam on the brakes, yank the emergency brake, twist the steering wheel, and the car starts spinning. Wheeling the car in circles at tremendous speeds.

—Philip Roth

Examples of donut in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her other venture, Miss Mini Donuts, involves Leslie making titular small donuts, a business that profoundly affected her life, literally saving it. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2025

Stop inside to sample the day’s selection from slices of layer cakes and pies to donuts, muffins, scones, and more. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025

The app, originally conceived as a hyperlocal space for students to speak freely, grew virally thanks to a flyer campaign and a thousand donuts hand-delivered to campuses. —Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025

That included cutting out chips, donuts, chocolate, biscuits and pizza. —Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for donut

• abut
• catgut
• chesnut
• chestnut
• doughnut
• groundnut
• haircut
• hindgut
• midgut
• precut
• rebut
• recut