dome piece
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom dome + piece. Possibly modelled on headpiece.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdome piece (plural dome pieces)
- (US, hip-hop slang) head
- 1993, Wu-Tang Clan (lyrics and music), “Clan in da Front”, in Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)[1]:
- Killa Beez all over your fuckin' planet
36 chambers of death;
Three-hundred and sixty degrees of perfected styles
Choppin' off your motherfuckin' dome-piece
- 1995, Raekwon feat. Masta Killa, RZA, Method Man & Ghostface Killah (lyrics and music), “Wu-Gambinos”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...)[3]:
- Feel the force of impact from the iron side of the gat as I attack the track
From the blind side of the pack, Starks, pass the chrome
Watch a nigga get blown out his motherfuckin' dome-piece
Deceased, laid to rest
- 1995, Big L (lyrics and music), “All Black”, in Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous)[4]:
- I steal lives like a stone thief, so leave me alone, chief
Or catch a buck shot to your dome piece
- 1996, Heather B (lyrics and music), “What Goes On”, in Takin' Mine[5]:
- And there'll be no hand-holdin till the lah gets rolled
Keep yo steelo real so no lies get told
Glassy eyes, my Timbos, they beige and untied
Levi's with no crease, Colombia hair band circle in my dome piece
Further reading
edit- “dome-piece”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
- “dome-piece”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.