دُفْقَةٌ

A quantity poured forth or out (Msb) at once, like دُفْعَةٌ, (S and K in article دفع, q. v.,) [or] with vehemence; (Msb;) of rain, [i. e. a shower, fall, or storm, as meaning the quantity that falls without intermission,] (S and Msb and K in article دفع,) and [a gush] of blood, (Msb in that article,) &c.: (S and Msb in that article:) plural دُفَقٌ and دُفَقَاتٌ and دُفُقَاتٌ and دُفْقَاتٌ. (Msb.)

[Hence,] جَاءَ القَوْمُ دُفْقَةً وَاحِدَةً (tropical:) The party came at once, (S, K, * TA, *) or together. (Msb.)