exclamation mark

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

Example Sentences

That so many Republicans and Democrats did not vote in one of the most important presidential elections in the country’s history, is an exclamation mark on a society in crisis.

From Salon

His Madison Square Garden rally was an exclamation mark for this fact.

From Salon

His deadline day signing was not so much a statement from Birmingham but an exclamation mark.

From BBC

Then this week, Mr Musk responded to a post from Yaxley-Lennon with two exclamation marks - in other words, stirring the pot.

From BBC

“If he’s a spy,” one of them wrote to me, with multiple exclamation marks, “then I’m Michael Jackson”.

From BBC