exclamation

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An abrupt, forceful utterance: an exclamation of delight.
2. n. An outcry, as of protest.
3. n. Grammar An interjection.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of exclaiming; an ejaculatory expression of surprise, admiration, pain, anger, dissent, or the like; an emphatic or clamorous outcry.
2. n. That which is uttered with emphasis or passion; a vehement speech or saying.
3. 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.
4. n. In grammar, a word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing some passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
5. n. In rhet, same as ecphonesis, 1.
6. n. In the Gr. Ch., same as ecphonesis, 2.

Wiktionary

1. 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.
2. n. A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. 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.
2. n. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3. n. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an abrupt excited utterance
2. n. a loud complaint or protest or reproach
3. n. an exclamatory rhetorical device