cruller

noun

crul·​ler ˈkrə-lər 

1

: a small sweet cake in the form of a twisted strip fried in deep fat

2

Northern US and Midland US : an unraised doughnut

Examples of cruller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lisa Donuts And Boba: The shop serves cake doughnuts, jelly doughnuts and French crullers, 31821 Temecula Parkway C1, Temecula. Bridge City Donuts & Sandwiches: In addition to doughnuts, cronuts and eclairs, the shop serves muffins, lunch sandwiches and smoothies. — Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

Do Wander through downtown Kittery, pick up a world-famous cruller at Lil’s Cafe, and sip a cocktail at Black Birch. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026

Your teeth sink into the chewy rice noodles, then shatter the crisp cruller beneath. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026

There are also glazed twists and crullers, but its most popular menu item, according to owner Songcha Lee, is the apple fritter, which is the size of your hand — if your hand was a bear paw. — Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Dutch krulle, a twisted cake, from krul curly, from Middle Dutch crul — more at curl

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cruller

• color
• colour
• culler
• duller
• bicolor
• concolor
• discolor
• tricolor
• multicolor
• technicolor
• unicolor
• versicolor

Kids Definition

cruller

noun

crul·​ler ˈkrəl-ər 

: a small twisted oblong cake made like a doughnut