If you need a word to call other "words" like "Yay!" or "Rats!", then exclamation is your word. An exclamation is usually followed by an exclamation point. Go Figure.
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
Noun
an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
Noun
an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
Noun
a loud complaint or protest or reproach
n.
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic
utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as
an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words
indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
n.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word
expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
n.
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance
is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
Exclamation
Exclamations against abuses in the church.
Thus will I drown your exclamations.
A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.2.
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
Usage Examples
I write music with an exclamation point!
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