bobblehead

English

Alternative forms

• bobble head

Etymology

From bobble +‎ head.

Noun

bobblehead (plural bobbleheads)

1. A collectible doll with a bobbing head.
2. (figurative, derogatory) A thoughtless person.
   • 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in 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.

   • 2025 February 25, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Will Trump and his G.O.P. bobbleheads ever wake up to that? Maybe — when it’s too late.

Derived terms

• bobble-head doll syndrome

Translations

doll with a bobbing head

• German: Wackelkopffigur (de) f, Wackeldackel (de) m

Anagrams

• head bobble