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
the game put an exclamation point on the season
called also exclamation mark
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The theater instructors asked campers to make themselves into shapes: A circle, a square, an exclamation point.
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David Oliver, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
This includes, but is not limited to: exclamation points, question marks, commas, hyphens, colons, apostrophes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
The Jags traded a haul of picks to the Cleveland Browns to move up to No. 2 for two-way sensation Travis Hunter, effectively dotting the exclamation point on the new regime’s bold offseason.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 24 July 2025
In his 45th start as a Tiger, Justin Verlander put the exclamation point on what would become a Hall of Fame career, throwing the franchise’s first no-hitter since 1984 (and the first no-no at home, striking out 12 and walking four on 112 pitches (73 of them strikes).
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
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David Oliver, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
This includes, but is not limited to: exclamation points, question marks, commas, hyphens, colons, apostrophes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
The Jags traded a haul of picks to the Cleveland Browns to move up to No. 2 for two-way sensation Travis Hunter, effectively dotting the exclamation point on the new regime’s bold offseason.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 24 July 2025
In his 45th start as a Tiger, Justin Verlander put the exclamation point on what would become a Hall of Fame career, throwing the franchise’s first no-hitter since 1984 (and the first no-no at home, striking out 12 and walking four on 112 pitches (73 of them strikes).
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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