doughnut

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• donut (North America)

[edit] Etymology

Dough + nut, first attested in in Washington Irving's Knickerbocker’s History of New York, 1809.[1] The original doughnuts were small, nut-sized balls of fried dough (the toroidal shape, resembling a mechanical nut, was to become common in the twentieth century).

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dough‧nut

[edit] Noun

doughnut (plural doughnuts)

1. A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.
2. Anything in the shape of a torus.
3. (North American) A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of doughnut or toroid; a 360-degree skid.
4. (derogatory slang) A fat person.
5. A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.

[edit] Synonyms

• (anything in the shape of a torus): ring, torus
• (fat person): Swiss roll

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• bagel
• koulouri
• torus
• toroid