exclamation mark
nounUK /ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃn̩ ˌmɑːk/ · CA, US /ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃn̩ ˌmɑɹk/
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The punctuation mark “!” (generally used to denote excitement, surprise or shock).
- The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!
- Subject: Fire... Dear Sir-stroke-Madam: Fire. Exclamation mark. Fire. Exclamation mark. Help me. Exclamation mark. 123 Carendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you. All the best, Maurice Moss.2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2:
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- Traditionally, the exclamation mark has been used sparingly, especially in formal writing.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 40:
- Synonyms
- exclamation, exclamation point, shriek, bang, ecphoneme, mark of admiration, note of admiration, note of exclamation, note of interjection, pling, astonisher, screamer, interjection point, mark of exclamation
- Derived terms
- inverted exclamation mark
- Related terms
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¡, ‼, ‽, ⁈, ⁉, ﹗, ❢, ❣, ՜, ᥄, apostrophe, curly brackets, brace, square bracket, bracket, colon, comma, dash, ellipsis, fraction slash, guillemet, hyphen, interpunct, interrobang, parentheses (US, Canada), full stop, period, question mark, quotation marks, semicolon, slash, stroke, space