ALL meanings of exclamation point
- abbreviation Technical meaning of EXCLAMATION POINT exclamation mark 3
- noun exclamation point punctuation used after interjection 1
- noun Technical meaning of exclamation point (character) The character "!" with ASCII code 33. Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot. The Commonwealth Hackish, "pling", is common among Acorn Archimedes owners. Bang is more common in the USA. The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists. Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT). 1
- noun exclamation point The symbol ! (an exclamation mark). 0
- noun exclamation point (figuratively) A shape like an exclamation point; elongated. 0
- countable noun exclamation point An exclamation point is the sign ! which is used in writing to show that a word, phrase, or sentence is an exclamation. 0
- noun exclamation point a mark (!) used after a word or sentence in writing or printing to express surprise, strong emotion, determination, etc. 0