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

Residents said cars were doing donuts and fireworks were set off, adding when a private security guard put a vehicle in the middle of the intersection to stop it all, the group set the car on fire. —Alice Gainer, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025

The coffee donut chain is known for doing low-fi ads that pop on social with a tonal casualness to them. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025

At the helm, chef Jon Yao is leaning into his Taiwanese heritage and upbringing in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley, serving dishes like suāncài yú, a riff on a Sichuan seafood dish with black cod and pickled mustard greens, and youtiao, a savory donut with sea urchin, ham, and caviar. —Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025

Visitors formed a line for donuts and cider, while families with toddlers headed for a bouncy house and bouncy slide. —Julie Hinds, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for donut

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