different between donut vs rocketship

English

Alternative forms

• doughnut

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?do?n?t/, /?do??n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

donut (plural donuts)

1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) 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.
   • 1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck’s bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, p. 107:

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

2. (Canada, US) Anything in the shape of a torus.
3. (Canada, US, automobile) A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of donut; a 360-degree skid.
4. (Canada, US) A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.
5. A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.
6. (Canada, US, slang) An idiot. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

This spelling was rare until 1950s, increasingly popular since then, possibly influenced by spread of Dunkin' Donuts (founded 1950).

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References

Anagrams

• Tondu

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

donut

1. a doughnut; a deep-fried piece of dough or batter

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English donut, from older doughnut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?.n?t/
• Hyphenation: do?nut

Noun

donut m (plural donuts, diminutive donutje n)

1. A doughnut, a donut.

Related terms

• deeg
• noot

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

Noun

donut m (plural donuts)

1. doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dónute

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

Noun

donut m (plural donuts)

1. doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)

   Synonym: (Brazil) rosquinha

Spanish

Noun

donut m (plural donuts)

1. Alternative form of dónut (“donut, doughnut”)

English

Etymology

rocket +? ship

Noun

rocketship (plural rocketships)

1. A rocket-powered spacecraft.