exclamation point

noun

1

: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling

2

: a distinctive indication of major significance, interest, or contrast

Their victory in the final game put an exclamation point on the season.

called also exclamation mark

Examples of exclamation point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Snook and Lacy, who display such sharp instincts in their best work, seem to have been directed to overact; cameras freeze on their exaggeratedly bewildered or angry or devastated expressions, putting exclamation points at the end of too many scenes. —Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

The exclamation point of the film is also brand new. —Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025

Both backs topped 100 yards in the same game for the first time this season, with Marshall’s 56-yard touchdown run providing the exclamation point in the fourth quarter. —Austin Meek, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025

Huff had a strong all-around game, but his massive sack, strip-fumble of Penix in the final two minutes of the first half was the exclamation point. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for exclamation point

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint

Kids Definition

exclamation point

noun

: a punctuation mark ! used chiefly after an exclamation to show a forceful way of speaking or a strong feeling