chrome-dome

Noun

chrome dome (plural chrome domes)

1. (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.1994 July 26, Mike Freeman, “Pro Football: To Put It Baldly, Brooks Is a Leader”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Oct 2011
2. (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.2004 July 19, Carolina A. Miranda, “Hair To The Chief!”, in Time

   Synonyms:

   baldhead, baldy

3. (Internet, derogatory, humorous) A robot or artificial intelligence.
4. (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.1957 August 5, Carolina A. Miranda, “Armed Forces: Scalped”, in Time

   Synonyms:

   buzzcut