domain hack

noun

An Internet domain name in which the top-level domain (such as a country code) can be understood as part of the name rather than the usual suffix.

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Meanings

noundomain hack (plural domain hacks)

plural domain hacks

  1. InternetinformalAn Internet domain name in which the top-level domain (such as a country code) can be understood as part of the name rather than the usual suffix.

    It is however, possible to create a domain hack. This is where parts of the domain spell out a particular word […]

    2008, Chris Brophy, Manufacturing, Distribution and Promotion in the Music Industry
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    I love those domain hacks, I own http://www.web2.0button.com and I recently got an email asking how I registered a domain name with a dot in it (HEHE).

    2006, "Dave 2.0", http://en.gli.sh/ - web 2.0 en.gli.sh community (discussion on alt.usage.english newsgroup)

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APA

domain hack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domain%20hack

MLA

“domain hack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domain%20hack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domain hack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domain%20hack.

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