whistle-stopped

Variant of whistle-stop

whistle-stop definition

☆ whistle-stop (hwis′əl stäp′, wis′-)

noun

  1. a small town, orig. one at which a train stopped only upon signal
  2. a brief stop in a small town as part of a tour, esp. in a political campaign; orig., such a stop in which the candidate spoke from the rear platform of a train

intransitive verb whistle-stopped -·stopped′, whistle-stopping -·stop′·ping

to make a series of whistle-stops

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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