Meaning of ah ah ah | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An admonition to slow down; not so fast, hold your horses.
2. The stereotypical laugh of a vampire, after Bela Lugosi's performance as Dracula in the 1931 film of the same name.

Examples

“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!”

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