exclamation point

noun

the sign (!) used in writing after an exclamation.
this mark sometimes used in writing two or more times in succession to indicate intensity of emotion, loudness, etc.:
Long live the Queen!!
this mark sometimes used without accompanying words in writing direct discourse to indicate a speaker's dumbfounded astonishment:
“His wife just gave birth to quintuplets.”(!)

exclamation point

A punctuation mark (!) used after an abrupt and emphatic statement or after a command: “‘Help!’ he cried, as his boat floated toward the edge of Niagara Falls .”

First recorded in 1860–65

But I am very good at turning a question mark into an exclamation point.

(the exclamation point is part of the title), and may be best known for singing and dancing in a handful of episodes of Glee.

All this in front of a huge neon exclamation point and the entire scene is depicted in a painting hanging at the motel room.

A majority on the left will reply with a firm no—no, exclamation point—and that is part of the problem.

He even went so far as to punctuate the scoop with an exclamation point!

My four days in Philadelphia have just been one exclamation point after another!

The emphatic ker-blim of a rifle a hundred yards off furnished a vocal exclamation point to further accent the comment.

Barlow's big fist crashed down on his desk in a tremendous exclamation point.

I know I've not honored you with so much as an exclamation point since my very first out-of-doors entry.

And Ermine had to move away quickly to avoid another exclamation point, but such little appreciation warmed him.

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