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

Save room for the Wright’s Wheelie, a hot glazed donut topped with a jumbo scoop of vanilla ice cream. —Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 13 May 2026

Combined with his additional years working at a different bakery, that means Bulloch has been making donuts for 63 years. —Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

Instead of only grabbing coffee and donuts, fans were also getting autographs, selfies and dance moves from players with the Savannah Bananas ahead of the team's weekend games in metro Atlanta. —Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 May 2026

In one of those videos, two drivers are seen doing burnouts and donuts in the middle of an intersection with a large crowd watching and cheering. —Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026

Rhymes for donut

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