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

Stop inside to sample the day’s selection from slices of layer cakes and pies to donuts, muffins, scones, and more. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026

The shop serves up fancy offerings like maple bacon, blueberry pancake or s’mores donuts or more traditional stylings like glazed or powdered sugar donuts. —Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026

Alexander Pruetting’s mom, Cheryl, brought in Krispy Kreme donuts for dessert. —Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026

The Philly Kreme donuts will be available at select stores as the Celtics-76ers postseason showdown continues, according to NBC Philadelphia. —Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for donut

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