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

The light-catching final result puts an frosty twist on the glazed donut nail trend. —Grace McCarty, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026

Glazed donut nails but turned up a notch. —Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026

The light, airy, fresh-from-the-oven donut holes given to delighted children are just in our memories now. —Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026

Download a map and a donut passport or contact the donut concierge—I’m not kidding—who can customize your itinerary. —Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for donut

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