bobblehead

English

Etymology

From bobble +‎ head.

Noun

bobblehead (plural bobbleheads)

1. A collectible doll with a bobbing head.
2. (figurative) A thoughtless person.
   • 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• bobble-head doll syndrome

Translations

doll with a bobbing head

• German: Wackelkopffigur f, Wackeldackel (de) m

Anagrams

• head bobble