Exclamation mark definition, synonym, antonym and thesaurus

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Tranlations 1.1.3 See also

English

Noun

The symbol ! is a called an exclamation mark or exclamation point.  

Punctuation used to denote excitement, surprise or shock: The dam has burst, run for your lives!

In some computer languages, it is called a shreek.

When used in e-mail to represent a separator for an e-mail address, it is called a bang.

Synonyms

• exclamation point

Tranlations

• Chinese: 感叹号, 感嘆号 (gantanhao)
• Dutch: uitroepteken
• Finnish: huutomerkki
• Italian: punto esclamativo m
• Japanese: 感嘆符 (kantanfu)
• Slovene: klicaj m

See also

• ¡ (inverted exclamation mark/point)
• ‼ (double exclamation mark/point)
• ‽ (interrobang)
• ⁈
• ⁉
• ﹗ (small exclamation mark/point)
• ❢ (dingbat)
• ❣ (dingbat)
• ！ (fullwidth)
• ՜ (Armenian)
• ᥄ (Limbu)