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 team also tested the Twizzy by peforming high speed donuts around an Aventador. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026

Key examples include the chocolate cream croissant … and the king cream donut. —Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026

The classic Polish baked good that's similar to a donut, have grown in tradition over the years as people prepare to give up things like sweets for the Lenten season. —Megan Shinn, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026

The grocery chain now has paczki donuts in stock—but just for a limited time. —Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for donut

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