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

These pillowy Portuguese-style donuts are rolled in sugar and feature different fillings, such as custard or chocolate. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026

The s’mores donuts contain a marshmallow filling and are topped with chocolate icing and graham cracker crumbs. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

Get a coffee, breakfast sandwich with lemongrass-scented sausage, and chewy mochi donut at Morningbird. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Wild video of that car takeover shared by Wong on social media showed multiple cars doing tire-screeching donuts near a ring of fire on the street, with a passenger in one car holding a large Palestinian flag out its window before cops arrived. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for donut

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