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doughnut
dough·nut also do·nut D0339600 (dō′nŭt′, -nət)n.1. A small ring-shaped cake made of rich, light dough that is fried in deep fat.2. Something whose form is reminiscent of a ring-shaped cake.3. A fast, tight 360° turn made in a motor vehicle or motorized boat. [dough + earlier nut, a small rounded cake or cookie; see nut.]doughnut (ˈdəʊnʌt) or donutn1. (Cookery) a small cake of sweetened dough, often ring-shaped or spherical with a jam or cream filling, cooked in hot fat2. (Nuclear Physics) anything shaped like a ring, such as the reaction vessel of a thermonuclear reactorvb, -nuts, -nutting or -nutted (Parliamentary Procedure) (tr) informal (of Members of Parliament) to surround (a speaker) during the televising of Parliament to give the impression that the chamber is crowded or the speaker is well supporteddough•nut or do•nut (ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt) n. 1. a small, usu. ring-shaped cake of sweetened dough fried in deep fat. 2. any thick, ring-shaped object; toroid. [1795–1805] doughnut Past participle: doughnutted Gerund: doughnutting
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doughnut | doughnut |
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I doughnut | you doughnut | he/she/it doughnuts | we doughnut | you doughnut | they doughnut |
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I doughnutted | you doughnutted | he/she/it doughnutted | we doughnutted | you doughnutted | they doughnutted |
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I am doughnutting | you are doughnutting | he/she/it is doughnutting | we are doughnutting | you are doughnutting | they are doughnutting |
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I have doughnutted | you have doughnutted | he/she/it has doughnutted | we have doughnutted | you have doughnutted | they have doughnutted |
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I was doughnutting | you were doughnutting | he/she/it was doughnutting | we were doughnutting | you were doughnutting | they were doughnutting |
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I had doughnutted | you had doughnutted | he/she/it had doughnutted | we had doughnutted | you had doughnutted | they had doughnutted |
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I will doughnut | you will doughnut | he/she/it will doughnut | we will doughnut | you will doughnut | they will doughnut |
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I will have doughnutted | you will have doughnutted | he/she/it will have doughnutted | we will have doughnutted | you will have doughnutted | they will have doughnutted |
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I will be doughnutting | you will be doughnutting | he/she/it will be doughnutting | we will be doughnutting | you will be doughnutting | they will be doughnutting |
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I have been doughnutting | you have been doughnutting | he/she/it has been doughnutting | we have been doughnutting | you have been doughnutting | they have been doughnutting |
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I will have been doughnutting | you will have been doughnutting | he/she/it will have been doughnutting | we will have been doughnutting | you will have been doughnutting | they will have been doughnutting |
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I had been doughnutting | you had been doughnutting | he/she/it had been doughnutting | we had been doughnutting | you had been doughnutting | they had been doughnutting |
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I would doughnut | you would doughnut | he/she/it would doughnut | we would doughnut | you would doughnut | they would doughnut |
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I would have doughnutted | you would have doughnutted | he/she/it would have doughnutted | we would have doughnutted | you would have doughnutted | they would have doughnutted | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | doughnut - a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"anchor ring, annulus, halo, ringfairy circle, fairy ring - a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the myceliumtoroid - the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus | | 2. | doughnut - a small ring-shaped friedcake donut, sinkerfriedcake - small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fatraised doughnut - a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder | Translationsdough (dəu) 1. noun a mass of flour moistened and kneaded but not baked. 生麵糰 生面团2. (slang) money. (俚語)錢 (俚)钱 ˈdoughnut (-nat) , ((American) -nət) noun a ring-shaped cake, with a hole in the middle, fried in fat. 油炸圈餅 炸面饼圈,油炸圈饼 doughnut
bet you dollars to doughnutsI assure you (that something will happen, with so much confidence that I would bet money against something less valuable). I lost my umbrella, so I bet you dollars to doughnuts that it rains tomorrow! Oh, I bet you dollars to doughnuts that Kevin will be late tonight—he's never on time!See also: bet, dollar, doughnutdollars to doughnutsI assure you (that something will happen, with so much confidence that I would bet money against something less valuable). I lost my umbrella. Dollars to donuts it rains tomorrow! Dollars to donuts that Kevin will be late tonight—he's never on time.See also: dollar, doughnutbe dollars to doughnuts that (something happens)To be assured or certain to happen. The idea is that one is so confident in a particular outcome that they would bet money against something less valuable. It's dollars to donuts that Kevin will be late tonight—he's never on time.See also: dollar, doughnut, thatblow (one's) doughnutsslang To vomit, especially very suddenly or profusely. I got so seasick out on that boat. I felt like I was going to blow my doughnuts at any second! The rookie saw blood for the first time and blew his doughnuts right there at the crime scene.See also: blow, doughnutlose (one's) doughnutsslang To vomit suddenly and profusely. I got so seasick out on that boat, I felt like I was going to lose my doughnuts at any second. The rookie saw blood for the first time and lose his doughnuts right there at the crime scene.See also: doughnut, losebet someone dollars to doughnutsFig. to bet something of value against something worth considerably less. I bet you dollars to doughnuts that she is on time. He bet me dollars to doughnuts that it would snow today.See also: bet, dollar, doughnutdollars to doughnuts, it'sIt's a virtual certainty, as in It's dollars to doughnuts that the team will make the playoffs. This metaphoric term pits dollars against doughnuts as in a bet. [Colloquial; late 1800s] See also: dollardollars to doughnuts AMERICANIf you say that it is dollars to doughnuts that something will happen, you mean that you are certain it will happen. Note: `Doughnuts' is sometimes spelled `donuts' in this expression. It's dollars to doughnuts that the bank of the future will charge more for its services. Well, I'll bet you, Alex, almost dollars to donuts that I'll wake up at 3am, as I do every morning now.See also: dollar, doughnutbe dollars to doughnuts that be a certainty that. North American informal 1936 James Curtis The Gilt Kid If he were seen it was dollars to doughnuts that he would be arrested. See also: dollar, doughnut, thatbet someone dollars to doughnuts tv. to bet something of value against something worth considerably less. I bet you dollars to doughnuts that she is on time. See also: bet, dollar, doughnut, someoneblow one’s doughnuts and lose one’s doughnuts (...ˈdonəts) tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. The stuff was so vile, I thought I would blow my doughnuts. I felt better after I lost my doughnuts. See also: blow, doughnutlose one’s doughnuts verbSee blow one’s doughnutsSee also: doughnut, losedollars to doughnutsAbsolutely, certainly. This expression is most often preceded by the verb “to bet” and indeed comes from wagering. If someone is willing to bet dollars against doughnuts, he or she is absolutely sure of winning, the pastries being considered worthless compared to hard cash. The term began to be employed in the late 1800s. F. W. Bronson used it in Nice People Don’t Kill (1940), “You can bet a dollar to a doughnut.” Alliteration no doubt helped it to survive.See also: dollar, doughnutdollars to doughnutsStakes for a bet on a certain outcome. In the days when a dollar was worth more than it is now and a doughnut cost considerably less, someone who was reasonably sure that an event would happen might preface his comment with “Dollars to doughnuts . . .” as in “Dollars to doughnuts, it'll rain before nightfall.”See also: dollar, doughnutdoughnut
doughnut (esp US), donut anything shaped like a ring, such as the reaction vessel of a thermonuclear reactor doughnut[′dō‚nət] (nucleonics) Also spelled donut. The toroidal vacuum chamber in which electrons are accelerated in a betatron or synchrotron. Also known as toroid. An assembly of enriched fissionable material, often doughnut-shaped, used in a thermal reactor to provide a local increase in fast neutron flux for experimental purposes. (petroleum engineering) A ring of wedges or a threaded, tapered ring that supports a pipe string. concrete collar, doughnutA collar of reinforced concrete which is placed around an existing column so that it can be jacked up; the shrinkage of the concrete causes it to grip the column firmly.Doughnut Imaging adjective Referring to a targetoid lesion or radiodensity in which the central and peripheral fields are relatively more radiodense or darker that the middle field noun The targetoid lesion or radiodensity itself Surgery A sleeve of tissue excised after a major gastrointestinal tract resection, often of the distal colon, when a cancer extends close to the margin of the original segmentdoughnut
Synonyms for doughnutnoun a toroidal shapeSynonyms- anchor ring
- annulus
- halo
- ring
Related Words- fairy circle
- fairy ring
- toroid
noun a small ring-shaped friedcakeSynonymsRelated Words |