donut

do·nut
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UK/ˈdəʊnʌt/Canada, US/ˈdoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/

A form of doughnut — A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

Similar
doughnutsinker
OriginEnglish doughnut ← Middle English note ← Old English hnutu →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

noundonut (plural donuts)

plural donuts

  1. AustraliaCanadaUSalternativeAlternative spelling of doughnut.

    […]Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.

    1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck's bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, page 107
    2 more examples

    The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.

    2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022

    The court heard that at the junction of the Ballyveely Road, Leslie - who was driving a BMW - performed the 'donuts' as others looked on.

    2016 December 1, “'Boy racer' fined over donut tribute to pal”, in Belfast Telegraph

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna small ring-shaped friedcake

Similar
doughnutsinker
Broader
friedcake
Also see
doughnutidiotsinker

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóyǵʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*daigaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*daig
  5. Old Englishdāg
  6. Middle Englishdogh
  7. Englishdough
  8. Proto-Germanic*hnuts
  9. Proto-West Germanic*hnut
  10. Old Englishhnutu
  11. Middle Englishnote
  12. Englishnut
  13. Englishdoughnut
  14. Englishdonut

Alteration of doughnut, from dough + nut. Attested 1900.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with donut

API donutcronutHertz donuthyperdonutwonut
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Sounds the same

doughnut

Anagrams

Tondu
Cite this entry
APA

donut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donut

MLA

“donut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “donut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donut.

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