noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of doughnut. Australia, Canada, US, alt-of, alternative

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

2. 2
   a small ring-shaped friedcake wordnet

Synonyms

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airheadboneheadchangelingcrackheaddicklickdildo

Antonyms

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brain surgeonrocket scientist

Example

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"Tom ate the chocolate donut that I had smuggled into the hospital."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

API donutBoston cream donutDutch donutFrench donutHertz donutbet a dollar to a donutdonut bumperdonut bumpingdonut cakedonut citydonut holedonut patrol

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