exclamation mark

British  

noun

1. the punctuation mark ! used after exclamations and vehement commands

2. this mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to an obvious mistake, in road warning signs, (in chess commentaries) beside the notation of a move considered a good one, (in mathematics) as a symbol of the factorial function, or (in logic) occurring with an existential quantifier

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Example Sentences

Sawgrass put an exclamation mark on that before sell out crowds.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Ohtani also put an exclamation mark on the sweep by demolishing a first-pitch fastball from reliever A.J.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2024

"Someone wise once said that the correct punctuation for a scientific advance is not an exclamation mark, but a semicolon," said Meyer.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off the line at Midwestern auto plants Friday, putting an exclamation mark on a summer where labor—from screenwriters to UPS drivers—flexed its muscles.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2023

The rhetorical questions had a clammy air; the exclamation mark was the first resort of those who shout to make themselves clearer.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan