'exclamation point' definitions:
Definition of 'exclamation point'
(from WordNet)
noun
A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation [syn: exclamation mark, exclamation point]
Definition of 'exclamation point'
From: GCIDE
- Exclamation \Ex`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.]
- 1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Thus will I drown your exclamations. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also {exclamation point}. [1913 Webster]