n. The act of exclaiming; an ejaculatory expression of surprise, admiration, pain, anger, dissent, or the like; an emphatic or clamorous outcry.n. That which is uttered with emphasis or passion; a vehement speech or saying.n. The mark or sign in writing and printing (!) by which emphatic utterance or interjectional force is indicated: usually called exclamation mark or -point, and formerly note of admiration. See ecphoneme.n. In grammar, a word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing some passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.n. In rhet, same as ecphonesis, 1.n. In the Gr. Ch., same as ecphonesis, 2.