DOUGHNUT Meaning of DOUGHNUT in English [dough.nut] n (ca. 1809) 1: a small usu. ring-shaped cake fried in fat 2: something (as a mathematical torus) that resembles a doughnut esp. in shape -- dough.nut.like adj Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012