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单词 bobblehead
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Definition of bobblehead in English:

bobblehead

(also bobblehead doll)
nounˈbɒb(ə)lhɛdˈbɑbəlˌhɛd
US
  • A figurine with a disproportionately large head mounted on a spring so that it bobs up and down, often made as a caricature of a famous person.

    the first 20,000 fans at Saturday's game were given bobbleheads of his likeness
    the former goalie was honoured with a bobblehead doll
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is disturbing: The Wizards gave away Gilbert Arenas bobbleheads last night for their game against the Warriors.
    • The blonde grinned and her friends kept nodding like brainless bobble-heads.
    • Schwarzenegger wants to put a stop to charity bobble-head dolls in his likeness.
    • Her head snapped up like a child's bobble-head toy.
    • He doesn't make fun of me for having bobble-head baseball dolls!
    • Right of publicity law protects their names and likenesses, at least against certain uses (which likely do include bobble-heads, though I think the First Amendment should preempt that sort of claim).
    • We know Elvis would not disapprove of the tens of thousands of impersonators, the velvet paintings, the collector plates, the bobble-heads.
    • The Ford Senior Players Championship gives out Gary McCord bobble-head dolls; Nike comes out with three versions of Tiger Woods bobble-head dolls.
    • The bobble-heads are hardly incisive political commentary, but they do send a message that Schwarzenegger ought not be taken too seriously.
    • The whole of the Stadium is banging its collective head, like 55,000 bobbleheads bobbing in unison.
    • In exchange, they got a bobble-head doll of the candidate of their choice.
    • We want leaders, not bobble-head dolls who nod their assent to whatever the administration tells them to do.
    • On Tuesday, 24 bids had been placed on the Seabiscuit bobblehead, including one for $44.
    • Five years later, Alexander has manufactured over 18 million bobbleheads in more than 5,000 characters.
    • One of my friends wanted to send me a Yankee bobblehead.
    • He is a paper mannequin, making his appearances, nodding and smiling like a bobblehead, saying nothing.

Derivatives

  • bobble-headed

  • adjective
    US
    • Apparently, the Governator is planning on suing an outfit that makes bobbleheaded dolls of him.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most of us want to convince ourselves that we aren't surrounded by bobble-headed yes people.
      • Throw in some 70s music, a ton of bad puns, chop-socky humor, cartoony, bobble-headed characters and what you have is Kung Fu Chaos, which may be best described as a solid fighter that likes to party hearty.
      • But as he so suavely invited you to the dance, you were a tongue-tied, bobble-headed idiot.
      • And then she steps down from the podium, hops in to her SUV, guns the engine slickened with Mideast oil, and drives off, leaving the press corps nodding solemnly in her dust like bobble-headed dolls.
 
 

Definition of bobblehead in US English:

bobblehead

(also bobblehead doll)
nounˈbäbəlˌhedˈbɑbəlˌhɛd
US
  • A figurine with a disproportionately large head mounted on a spring so that it bobs up and down, often made as a caricature of a famous person.

    the first 20,000 fans at Saturday's game were given bobbleheads of his likeness
    the former goalie was honored with a bobblehead doll
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of my friends wanted to send me a Yankee bobblehead.
    • The blonde grinned and her friends kept nodding like brainless bobble-heads.
    • He is a paper mannequin, making his appearances, nodding and smiling like a bobblehead, saying nothing.
    • The Ford Senior Players Championship gives out Gary McCord bobble-head dolls; Nike comes out with three versions of Tiger Woods bobble-head dolls.
    • We want leaders, not bobble-head dolls who nod their assent to whatever the administration tells them to do.
    • Right of publicity law protects their names and likenesses, at least against certain uses (which likely do include bobble-heads, though I think the First Amendment should preempt that sort of claim).
    • The whole of the Stadium is banging its collective head, like 55,000 bobbleheads bobbing in unison.
    • Her head snapped up like a child's bobble-head toy.
    • This is disturbing: The Wizards gave away Gilbert Arenas bobbleheads last night for their game against the Warriors.
    • On Tuesday, 24 bids had been placed on the Seabiscuit bobblehead, including one for $44.
    • He doesn't make fun of me for having bobble-head baseball dolls!
    • Schwarzenegger wants to put a stop to charity bobble-head dolls in his likeness.
    • In exchange, they got a bobble-head doll of the candidate of their choice.
    • The bobble-heads are hardly incisive political commentary, but they do send a message that Schwarzenegger ought not be taken too seriously.
    • Five years later, Alexander has manufactured over 18 million bobbleheads in more than 5,000 characters.
    • We know Elvis would not disapprove of the tens of thousands of impersonators, the velvet paintings, the collector plates, the bobble-heads.
 
 
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