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doughnut
a roughly circular track left from the tyres of a vehicle when floored on full lock. Compare circlework, doughies, hoops, two-bob.
Contributor's comments: Refers to the shape of the tyre marks made, also used in WA.
Contributor's comments: [NSW Informant] We called doughies 'doughnuts'. A straight-line version of this was always called 'laying down rubber' or a 'burnout'.
Contributor's comments: [Perth informant] In the 50s and early 60s, we called this a "two-bob" -- "He's cutting a two-bob in the gravel". Metrics must have killed this off!
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] The other day I friend said to me 'your giving me doughnuts' meaning that I was not giving him anything. The logic behind this slang is that doughnuts are round and often have a hole in them. Thus they look like a zero and that is what I was giving him, zero or nothing.
Contributor's comments: [Tasmanian informant] To speed in a car in very tight circles, usually creating tyre marks on the road surface. This produces immense satisfaction and happiness to the creator: "Cor, let's do some doughnuts, Shazza!"
Contributor's comments: This may not be a regionalism. I've heard this word used in this way on The Simpsons.
Contributor's comments: To make your car/bike spin its wheels in a tight 360 degrees leaving a circle on the road: "The Hoons were chucking donuts in the car park."