English Explanatory Dictionary

exclamation mark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The punctuation mark “!” (generally used to denote excitement, surprise or shock).

Pronunciation

/ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃn̩ ˌmɑːk/ /ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃn̩ ˌmɑɹk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-exclamation mark.wav

Word forms

exclamation mark exclamation marks

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

Related words

¡ ‼ ‽ ⁈ ⁉ ﹗ ❢ ❣ ՜ ᥄ 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
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