Definition of "bubblehead" [bubblehead]

• A foolish or empty-headed person: "He presents antiwar protesters . . . as bubbleheads who didn't even know where Southeast Asia was” ( Frank Rich). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Fashionistas of course are already worshiping at the altar of “Marie Antoinette,” with its title bubblehead and hollow charms, while Forest Whitaker devotees are savoring the outré venality of Idi Amin in the rather too enthusiastically entertaining “Last King of Scotland.”"
• "As a way of hiding this so-called bubblehead effect, new pretties were kept apart from people in other stages of life."
• "I specifically stated "bubblehead" was the appellation given Eisenhower by reporters waiting for a pres conference."