donut

Meaning

Noun

• A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream.
• Anything in the shape of a torus.
• A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of donut; a 360-degree skid.
• A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.
• A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.
• An idiot.

Origin

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