Wiktionary
n. 1 A stupid person. 2 (context slang English) A submariner; bubble-head. 3 A navy hardhat or salvage diver, inspired by the shape of the old, spun copper diving helmet.
Wikipedia
The word bubblehead can mean:
- USA slang for submariner
- Booey Bubblehead is a character in the cartoon series Galaxy High
- Slang for "overly happy/friendly person"
- The Bubble-Head Charm is a magic spell in Harry Potter
Usage examples of "bubblehead".
I want the rest of you to cover out front as Clancy and me move Bubblehead and that federal warrant out to the stable.
But Bubblehead babbled on as they moved across the stable yard in single file, and Dancing Dave turned to Deputy Clancy behind him.
Everyone but Dancing Dave laughed when Bubblehead asked if they were almost there yet.
As they circled the dusty corral Sheriff Wigan related the sad tale of Bubblehead Burnside, a hitherto harmless village idiot gone wrong.
They were after Bubblehead Burnside because he raped and murdered a pretty church lady, and because they knew the son-of-a-bitching circuit judge was likely to send the knave to that insane asylum over to Omaha!
Two out of the five Indian kids she studied read as if they could be long-lost kin to the pure-white Bubblehead Burnside.
The medical tome confirmed his guess that science was trying to keep up with unfortunates such as the late Bubblehead Burnside.
Mildred Powell was murdered by Howard Bubblehead Burnside at a time your federal want had an ironclad alibi.
Dancing Dave was simply swept up in the generally festive mood when the Minute Men came for Bubblehead, see?
Neither claimed to have seen Bubblehead Burnside do it, or even run past them.
Whether Bubblehead done the deed or not, the Minute Men strung him up.
Have any of you gents ever thought to delve into the secret lives of unfortunates such as Bubblehead Burnside?
He told himself to forget whether Bubblehead had gotten it into that poor murdered gal or not.
But what if Bubblehead had been innocent and the real murderer had been afraid Timmy might say something to give him away?
Timmy was likely telling the simple truth, as he saw it, when he simply told them a generous-hearted young lady had told them never to use the cruel nickname Bubblehead for another Howard entirely!