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

Krispy Kreme's original melt-in-your-mouth glazed donut will always get top billing on the menu. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025

There is a specialty farm and cafe that includes items such as fresh cider, apple cider, pies and donuts. —Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Try to save room for dessert and pop in the backyard to Koko Kakigori, a small shop serving shave ice and sweets, like mango and sticky rice donuts. —Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025

The smell of 50k pumpkin donuts drifts down the street. —Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for donut

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