Donut

Definition: Donut

Donut

Noun

1. A small ring-shaped friedcake.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

DONUT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Donut

Well, think me a cup of coffee and a chocolate donut with some of those little sprinkles on top, will ya, as long as you're thinking (The Fugitive; writing credit: Jeb Stuart, David Twohy)

Mmmm forbidden donut. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

A donut without a hole, is a danish (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis)

Try a donut. (Jaws 2; writing credit: Carl Gottlieb; Howard Sackler)

First, we must observe the ancient ritual of the pre-fight donut. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird)

All the cops in the donut shop say (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles)

They're hanging out in the donut shop (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles)

Donut Crazy! (2003)

Last Day of the Golden Donut (1999)

Real Stories of the Donut Men (1997)

The Jelly Donut Saga (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Around the World with the Donut Man (reference)

• Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase (reference)

• Donut Disaster (Cubix Easy Reader, 1) (reference)

• Donut Forget (reference)

• Donut Forget Bible Story Lessons (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dirty Cop No Donut (reference)

• Donut Man's Favorite Quiet time Songs (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Waitress in a Donut Shop (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Kaiser Bakeware Classic Donut Pan (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(1) color slide shows a single glazed donut. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

"Iced Donut" by Michael Parker.

"Donut Toy" by Donut Toy page.

"Donut" by Joyce Glynn.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Nicaragua

McDonald's, TGI Friday's, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Jerry's Subs and Pizza, Subway, American Donut, Napa Auto Parts, Hertz, Avis, Budget Rent a Car, Best Western, Holiday Inn, and Hard Rock Live, among others, operate in Nicaragua. (references)

Bulgaria

From the bottling of Pepsi-Cola, the establishment of KFC Chicken, Pizza Hut and Dunkin Donut shops, and stores featuring well-known European clothing brands, over the past several years franchising have also appeared in the executive recruiting and other services fields. (references)

Philippines

Some of the U.S. franchises in the market today are: McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dunkin' Donuts, Mr. Donut, Magoo's, Greenwich, Angelino's, Domino's, Sbarro, California Pizza Kitchen, Numero Uno, Kenny Rogers, Auntie Ann's, Mary's Roasters, New Jersey Chicken, Shakey's, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Dreyers, Blue Bunny, and Dairy Queen (food). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Bulgarian 

поничка (doughnut, sinker). (various references)

Danish

fluxforstaerker (doughnut). (various references)

Dutch

fluxversterker (doughnut), fluxomvormer (doughnut). (various references)

French

amplificateur de flux (doughnut). (various references)

German

Flussverstaerker (doughnut). (various references)

Hungarian

fánk (doughnut). (various references)

Italian

convertitore di flusso (doughnut), ciambella (bun, doughnut, life ring, rubber ring), amplificatore di flusso (doughnut). (various references)

Korean 

도넛 (donuts, Doughnut). (various references)

Pig Latin

onutday.(various references)

Swedish

flödesförstärkare (doughnut). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "donut": donuts. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dunt, undo, unto.

-2 letters: don, dot, dun, duo, nod, not, nut, oud, out, tod, ton, tun, udo.

-3 letters: do, no, nu, od, on, to, un, ut.

+1 letter: donuts, obtund, rotund, stound, untold, untrod.

+2 letters: astound, conduct, conduit, counted, cutdown, demount, duotone, handout, knouted, mounted, noctuid, nutwood, obtunds, orotund, outdone, outfind, outland, outwind, putdown, rotunda, snouted, stounds, tongued, unnoted.

+3 letters: amounted, astounds, audition, aunthood, autodyne, bountied, buttoned, conducts, conduits, confuted, contused, cornuted, cutdowns, demounts, deuteron, dilution, discount, dismount, document, doubting, doughnut, downturn, dubonnet, duecento, duotones, duration, eduction, fortuned, handouts, indevout, inductor, moondust, mudstone, noctuids, noctuoid, nonadult, nutwoods, obtunded, outbound, outdance, outdoing, outdrank, outdrawn, outdrink, outdrunk, outfinds, outfound, outlands, outlined, outspend, outstand, outwinds, putdowns, rotundas, rotundly, roundest, roundlet, shutdown, soundest, standout, stounded, sudation, thousand, toluidin, tonsured, trounced, trudgeon, turndown, unatoned, unbolted, uncoated, undertow, undevout, undotted, unposted, unpotted, unquoted, unrooted, unsorted, unstoned, untoward, unwonted, whodunit.