Illustration: At a community center talent show, an amateur magician lifts an elegant cloth and accidentally reveals a single house slipper on the display stand. The front rows erupt into laughter at the same instant: mouths open wide, shoulders jerk upward, and several people bend forward or slap their knees.

どっと

dotto

in a sudden burst of laughter

Example sentences

学童がくどうたちはどっと笑わらった。
The pupils burst out laughing.
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群集ぐんしゅうはどっと笑わらった。
The crowd broke out in hearty laughter.
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彼かれらはみなどっと笑わらった。
They all burst out laughing.
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