4 verb If something rips into someone or something or rips through them, it enters that person or thing so quickly and forcefully that it often goes completely through them. (=tear). A volley of bullets ripped into the facing wall... V prep/adv.
The exclamation point (!) is a mark of punctuation used after a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a strong emotion. Also called an exclamation mark or (in newspaper jargon) a shriek. The exclamation point was first used in English in the 16th century. However, the mark didn't become a standard feature on keyboards until the 1970s.
Sample Sentences & Example Usage. I'm Jeb, exclamation point, i'm proud to be a Bush. Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson's damn. Republicans, I think, see this as an opportunity to put an exclamation mark on what happened on Nov. 4. A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.