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bobble head

bobble head is the alternative form of bobblehead.

Meaning of bobblehead

Noun

bobblehead (plural bobbleheads)

  1. A collectible doll with a bobbing head.
  2. (derogatory, figuratively) A thoughtless person.
    • Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian
  3. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncommon) An Indian.

Forms of bobble head

pluralbobble heads

Questions about bobble head

What is bobble head the alternative form of?
Bobble head is the alternative form of bobblehead.

Words near bobble head in the dictionary

  1. Bobbittizing
  2. bobbitts
  3. bobble
  4. bobble hat
  5. bobble hats
  6. bobble head
  7. bobble heads
  8. bobble-head doll syndrome
  9. bobbled
  10. bobblehead
  11. bobbleheaded

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