typosquat
typosquat verb: to register a domain name likely to be mistyped by users.
Verb
typosquat (third-person singular simple present typosquats, present participle typosquatting, simple past and past participle typosquatted)
- To register a domain name likely to be mistyped by users.
- Presumably it would be difficult to typosquat on a personalized Facebook username, provided that Facebook is vigilant about responding to complaints by trademark holders under its current online procedure.2008, Jacqueline D. Lipton, Internet Domain Names, Trademarks and Free Speech, page 263
Noun
typosquat (plural typosquats)
- Such a domain name.
- Trademark owners are registering IDN versions of their marks as domains, but there are many more typosquats made possible in these alternative scripts.2008, Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law, Practising Law Institute, page 138
Forms of typosquat
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | typosquats |
| present participle | typosquatting |
| past participle | typosquatted |
| past | typosquatted |
| Noun | |
| plural | typosquats |
Origin of typosquat
Back-formation from typosquatting.
Questions about typosquat
- What does typosquat mean?
- Typosquat means to register a domain name likely to be mistyped by users.
- What part of speech is typosquat?
- Typosquat can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of typosquat?
- The past tense of typosquat is typosquatted.
Words near typosquat in the dictionary
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