!

also !

! U+0021, ! EXCLAMATION MARK ← [U+0020] Basic Latin " → [U+0022]

Text style	Emoji style
❕︎	❕️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
❕ U+2755, ❕ WHITE EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT ← ❔ [U+2754] Dingbats ❖ → [U+2756]

Text style	Emoji style
❗︎	❗️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
❗ U+2757, ❗ HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK SYMBOL ← ❖ [U+2756] Dingbats ❘ → [U+2758]

❢ U+2762, ❢ HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT ← ❡ [U+2761] Dingbats ❣ → [U+2763]

Text style	Emoji style
❣︎	❣️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
❣ U+2763, ❣ HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT ← ❢ [U+2762] Dingbats ❤ → [U+2764]

︕ U+FE15, ︕ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL EXCLAMATION MARK ← ︔ [U+FE14] Vertical Forms ︖ → [U+FE16]

﹗ U+FE57, ﹗ SMALL EXCLAMATION MARK ← ﹖ [U+FE56] Small Form Variants ﹘ → [U+FE58]

！ U+FF01, ！ FULLWIDTH EXCLAMATION MARK [unassigned: U+FF00] ← [U+FEFF] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＂ → [U+FF02]

May derive from a Latin Io, with the I written over the o, placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such. The Io may either be an abbreviation for interiectiō (“interjection”), or else the interjection iō (“hey!”).^[1] It expresses admiration in the sentence clause(s), in the Latin sense, of awe or wonderment.

!

1. Denoting excitement, surprise, or shock.
   1. Expresses excitement, anger or other emotion.

      What a beautiful day!

      • Шаблон:RQ:mul:Rowling Harry Potter
   2. Replacing a period at the end of a declarative sentence.

      I had no idea!

   3. Following a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.

      How is that possible?!

   4. 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.

   5. In parentheses; see (!).

      After he finished his fifth drink (!), he left the room.

   6. (comics) Used in some comics instead of the period (.), ending all sentences, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.
   7. (comics, video games) Used by itself to convey that a character is surprised at something.

      Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"

      Character #2: "!"

      • 1996, Pokémon Red and Blue (video game)

        ! [indicates that another trainer noticed the player character, prompting a battle between them]

      • 2015 септембар 15, Toby Fox, Undertale (video game), Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:

        ! [indicates a random encounter with a monster]

2. (botany) Placed after a herbarium abbreviation to indicate that the mentioned material held there has been examined directly by the author.
   • 2008, June, A Michele Funston, "Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 95, issue 2, page 307:

     TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927, Marcus E. Jones 23357 (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US!).

3. (Internet, fandom slang) Used to join a descriptor, such as a trait, with its referent, usually a character or relationship.^[2]

   She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.

   • 2000 октобар 3, Alli Snow, “comment and question”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1‎^[1] (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 децембар 12, Laura, “Since You've Been Gone”, in alt.tv.x-files‎^[2] (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 variously exclamation mark, exclamation point, exclamation, ecphoneme, or, in computing contexts, shriek, bang or pling.
• In its use to denote excitement, surprise, or shock, it is sometimes repeated for additional emphasis, as in "!!", "!!!", "??!!!", or the like.

!

1. (математика) The factorial: the result of a multiplication of all integers from 1 to the given number.

   5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120

   "five factorial equals 120"

2. (шах) Indicates a good move.
   • 1983, Claude Santoy, Échecs et maths, Marabout, →ISBN 2-501-00341-1, page 134:

     (Fb4! 10.c3 suivi de De7 eut été plus précis)

     (Bb4! 10.c3 followed by Qe7 would have been more efficient)

3. (computing, in many programming languages) A Boolean negation, the not operator, serving to invert the truth value of what follows.
4. (рачунарство, e-mail) Formerly used as a separator between hostnames in an e-mail address for the purpose of routing a message (called bang path notation).
5. (рачунарство, IRC) Used as a separator between a user's nickname and ident.

• ՜ (^!) (Armenian)

Punctuation

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!

1. In glosses, marks a word as imperative.

   manĝi, manĝu, manĝis "eat, eat!, ate"

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!

1. (obsolescent) used at the end of a salutation line of a letter

   Lieber Hans!

   Dear Hans,