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

And in stoppage time of the second half, winger Gio Reyna added the exclamation point with a stunning strike. —CBS News, 12 June 2026

Jones puts an exclamation point on the music — making the audience the roadies to Lestat’s wicked showman ways. —Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Cue the collective exclamation points and fireworks. —David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026

Eldridge’s blast put an exclamation point on the biggest late-inning comeback since the Giants moved to San Francisco nearly 70 years ago, making all sorts of other history along the way. —Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026

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