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

Outside the mall, the doors are padlocked, weeds have grown about four feet tall, and there are tire marks from drivers performing donuts. —Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 23 June 2026

That's when donut peaches spike (with an increase of 378 percent), along with white peaches (up 292 percent), white nectarines (333 percent), pluots (439 percent), and plums (172 percent). —Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026

Following the news of the cancellation, Richardson shared an image on her Instagram Stories featuring donuts with writing on them. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 June 2026

But at some point in the last year, a yassified Memoji of Fawad himself, smiling and holding two perfectly frosted donuts, appeared on the side. —Clio Chang, Curbed, 22 June 2026

Rhymes for donut

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