Meaning of chrome dome | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bald head.
   derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang, sometimes
2. A person who is bald.
   derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang, sometimes
3. A robot or artificial intelligence.
   Internet, derogatory, humorous
4. A haircut in which the hair is clipped extremely close to the scalp.
   US

Examples

“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.”

“Few Presidents have been bald. The last was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Luckily, he ran both times against another chrome dome, Adlai Stevenson.”

“[W]here Patrick's hair lay thick and fair, Carter's was dark and thinning; his scalp gleamed through his comb-over. Soon he'd be a chrome dome.”

“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.”

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