bubblehead
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See also: bubble-head
English
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Noun
[edit]bubblehead (plural bubbleheads)
- (slang) A stupid person.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- I rather enjoyed it, but my niece said Audrey Hepburn was a “bubblehead”.
- (slang) A submariner; bubble-head.
- (slang) A navy hard hat or salvage diver (inspired by the shape of the old spun-copper diving helmet).
Synonyms
[edit]- (stupid person): airhead