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 bakery’s menu includes sweet and savory pastries, breads, donuts (including mochi and croissant varieties), breakfast sandwiches, salads and wraps, as well as an assortment of hot and cold coffee drinks. —Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2025

Tim Hortons: To celebrate Mother's Day, members of the Tims Rewards loyalty program can buy one dozen, get one of equal or lesser value free, or buy a dozen donuts and get a half dozen of equal or lesser value free. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 May 2025

Tim Hortons Tims Rewards members have access to two deals on May 11: Buy one donut, get one free; and buy 12 donuts, get six free. —Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025

Kirschenbaum waxes poetic about the coconut donut, but says all varieties are delicious. —Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025

Rhymes for donut

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