See also:ǃ[U+01C3 LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK],
ⵑ[U+2D51 TIFINAGH LETTER TUAREG YANG],
¡[U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK],andỊ[U+1ECA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT BELOW] 
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A point and a vertical line above it. In some fonts the vertical line forms a thin acute angle, being slightly larger at the top than the bottom. It may also be rounded at the top.
Derives from
, aLatin abbreviation of eitherinteriectiō(“interjection”) or the interjectioniō(“hey!”), placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such.[1] It expresses awe, wonderment (Latinadmīrātiō) in the clause.
!
- Denotingexcitement,surprise,shock or suddenrealizations.
- Expressesexcitement,anger or otheremotion.
What a beautiful day!
- Replacing a period at the end of a declarative sentence.
I had no idea!
- Following a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.
How is that possible?!
- At the end of an interjection that is set off by dashes or parentheses.
After he finished his drink — his fifth! — he left the room.
- In parentheses, see(!).
After he finished his fifth drink (!), he left the room.
- (informal)Used between words to addemphasis to anexclamation orimperative.
2024 October 24, Mehera Bonner, Jamie Ballard, “Hi, You Should See These Rare Photos of Prince William Through the Years”, inCosmopolitan[2] (in English):MAKE! PRINCE! WILLIAM! HAVE! MIDDLE! PARTED! BANGS! AGAIN!
- (comics)Used in some comics instead of theperiod (.), ending allsentences, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.
- (comics, video games)Usedby itself to convey that acharacter issurprised at something.
- Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"
Character #2: "!"
- (comics, video games)Used to convey that acharacter has made a suddenrealization.
2002,Capcom,Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All,Capcom:Phoenix: I would like to go over this one more time. You met Adrian Andrews at a bar and took the request at that time? /de Killer: Yes, that is correct. /Phoenix: And that's the moment you thought 'he' was trustworthy... /de Killer: How many times must I repeat myself? Yes, that is correct. /Phoenix: I'm sorry, but that is an impossible tale. /de Killer: Wh-What!? /Phoenix: Shelly de Killer. You have never met the real Adrian Andrews! /de Killer: ...! Wh-Why would you say that...? /Phoenix: Because you made one very big slip-up... ...abouther. /de Killer: So what is the issue... ...! /de Killer: Wh-What did you say just now...? About 'her'...? /Phoenix: If you had ever met Adrian Andrews in person... One look would have told you that she is a woman!
- (botany)Placed after aherbarium abbreviation to indicate that the mentionedmaterial held there has been examined directly by theauthor.
2008 June, A Michele Funston, “Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America”, inAnnals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume95, number 2 (in English), page307:TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927,Marcus E. Jones 23357 (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US!).
- (Internetslang, fandomslang)Used to join adescriptor, such as a trait, with itsreferent, usually a character or relationship.[2]
She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.
2000 October 3, Alli Snow, “comment and question”, inalt.tv.stargate-sg1[3] (Usenet), message-ID <8rehdg$7u2$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:But it has been a while since we've seen Smart!Jack; I wouldn't mind seeing him again...
2000 December 12, Laura, “Since You've Been Gone”, inalt.tv.x-files[4] (Usenet), message-ID <3A36ABBA.FE77CD07@erols.com>:Some take great exception to Action!Scully thinking she should be a little more country than rock and roll in her delicate condition.
- Its English name is variouslyexclamation mark,exclamation point,exclamation,ecphoneme, or, in computing contexts,shriek,bang orpling.
- In its use to denote excitement, surprise, or shock, it is sometimes repeated for additional emphasis, as in "!!", "!!!", "??!!!", or the like.
- (!)
- ! !
- !!(doubled)
- !?(exclamation and questioning)
- ¡(inverted)
- ‽(interrobang)
- ⚠
- ❢
punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock
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- (mathematics) Thefactorial: the result of amultiplication of allintegers from 1 to the givennumber.
- 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120
- "fivefactorial equals 120"
- (chess)An indicator of a good move.
1983, Claude Santoy,Échecs et maths (in French), Marabout,,→ISBN, page134:(Fb4! 10.c3 suivi de De7 eut été plus précis)- (Bb4! 10.c3 followed by Qe7 would have been more efficient)
2023 January 13,Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on young guns at Wijk as world champion eyes record”, inThe Guardian[5] (in English), archived fromthe original on23 January 2023:1...Qd3 2 Ne1 Nd2! wins since 3 Nxd3 Rxf1 mate while 3 Qxc7+ Kg6 only delays the end.
- (computing, in manyprogramming languages)ABooleannegation, thenotoperator, serving toinvert thetruth value of what follows.
- (computing, e-mail)Formerly used as aseparator betweenhostnames in ane-mail address for the purpose ofrouting a message (calledbang path notation).
- (computing, IRC)Used as a separator between a user'snickname andident.
Punctuation
- ^Alexander Humez (1987),A B C et cetera: the life & times of the Roman alphabet, Boston: David R. Godine,→ISBN,→OCLC
- ^“!”, inFanlore[1],2019, retrieved20 April 2020
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- Inglosses, marks a word asimperative.
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- (obsolete)Used at the end of asalutation line of a letter.
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