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 item combines a plain donut base with garlic butter, cheeses, pepperoni, marinara and Italian seasoning. —Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026

Goldfish, Sour Patch Kids, Little Bites, Pringles, cookies, and donuts. —Melissa Willets, Parents, 2 Apr. 2026

And last but not least, Tim Hortons, which is a Canadian coffee and donut shop that has swept the Midwest. —Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026

There will be free coffee and donuts from Tim Horton’s while supplies last. —Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for donut

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