どっと

dotto

all at once, in a surge

Also:bursting out with laughter

AdverbJLPT N2

What does どっと mean?

どっと is a Japanese adverb meaning all at once, in a surge in English. It can also be translated as bursting out with laughter depending on context. It is written as どっと in hiragana, and dotto in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

学童たちはどっと笑った。

The pupils burst out laughing.

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