chrome dome

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chrome dome

noun chrome domes · chrome-dome · chromedome

derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang, sometimes A bald head. Linebacker Carlton Bailey shaved his head last year. . . . Soon, the bald head became the rage among the linebackers. Now, just about every Giants linebacker has a chrome dome.
derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang, sometimes A person who is bald. Few Presidents have been bald. The last was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Luckily, he ran both times against another chrome dome, Adlai Stevenson.
Similar: baldhead, baldy
Internet, derogatory, humorous A robot or artificial intelligence.
US A haircut in which the hair is clipped extremely close to the scalp. Airman Wheeler, a rebellious sort who did not like his job anyway, disregarded the orders of his superior, Lieut. William Shortt, to get his hair "clipped close from ear to crown, with only a fringe on top of the head"—a haircut variously known as a white sidewall, an Apache, a chrome-dome.
Similar: buzzcut

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@misc{chrome_dome_2026,
  title = {chrome dome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chrome%20dome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}