chrome dome - Glite Dictionary

Examples

Who you calling overweight, chrome dome?

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
They'll call you old skinhead, old chrome dome.

The Atomic Cafe (1982)
My grandfather has a shiny chrome dome that reflects the sunlight.
During the family gathering, we joked about Uncle Joe's chrome dome at the dinner table.
At the beach, I noticed a man with a bald chrome dome enjoying the sun without a hat.

Synonyms

dome

vschrome dome

Slang

23 8.2

A person's head in informal speech

means the shiny hairless top of the head used jokingly

baldy

vschrome dome

Informal

9 7.9

A person who has little or no hair on their head

names the head itself, often joked about as smooth and shiny

baldhead

vschrome dome

1 7.2

A person with no hair on their head

names the head itself and highlights smooth shiny appearance

baldie

vschrome dome

Informal

1 7.9

An informal word for a person who has little or no hair on the head

describes the head itself and jokes about its smooth shiny surface

baldpate

vschrome dome

Archaic

9.9

A person with no hair on the head

refers to the head itself and focuses on its smooth shiny appearance

How Bald

chrome dome

Offensive

1 9.6

bald-headed

9 3.0

balding

1 2.7

receding hairline

6 4.1

hairy

134 1.0

Surface Forms

chrome dome singular

chrome domes plural

Morphology

chrome + dome

The phrase combines 'chrome' (a shiny metallic finish) with 'dome' (colloquial for head) to create a clear visual metaphor for a smooth, shiny bald head; this image is directly derivable from the constituent meanings. Because the meaning follows an obvious compositional metaphor rather than an arbitrary idiom, a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely infer the intended sense.

Etymology

Chrome dome may come from the picture of a round dome, your head, that shines like chrome, the bright metal you see on cars and helmets. That's why people use it to playfully mean 'a bald head' that is smooth and shiny.