Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ah ah ah

[(ʔ)ʌ̃˨.ʔʌ̃˧ˈʔʌ̃ː˦˥˦]

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: ah ah ah
IPA: [(ʔ)ʌ̃˨.ʔʌ̃˧ˈʔʌ̃ː˦˥˦]

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

An admonition to slow down; not so fast, hold your horses.

intj

The stereotypical laugh of a vampire, after Bela Lugosi's performance as Dracula in the 1931 film of the same name.

Example Sentences

"Ah ah ah! You didn't say the magic word!"
"Ah, ah, ah, not so fast. I've got a few more questions for you, buddy."
"At one point the count even helped me practice my numbers, as we counted puppet bats together on the children's television program Sesame Street, singing out, “ONE, TWO, THREE, AH AH AH AH AH!"
"Play Vampires are not the "I want to suck your blood" vampires or the "Vont to Buy My Chocolate Cereal" vampires or the "Oh, he's so dreamy and complicated and mysterious and dangerous and bad for me but I love him” vampires, or the “One banana ah-ah-ah . . . two bananas ah-ah-ah . . . three bananas ah-ah-ah. . . .Three! Three bananas!" vampires."
"President Trump’s repeated calls to “Stop the Count!” of votes in undecided states are being met by a purple face familiar from many people’s childhoods: Count von Count from “Sesame Street.” Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Frequently Paired Words

eh eh eh

Synonyms

bup-bup-bup

Questions

How do you pronounce ah ah ah?: The recorded pronunciation is [(ʔ)ʌ̃˨.ʔʌ̃˧ˈʔʌ̃ː˦˥˦].
What does ah ah ah mean?: An admonition to slow down; not so fast, hold your horses.

How to pronounce ah ah ah

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