Usually means: Brief train stop at stations.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word whistle stop:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. whistle stop: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whistle-stop: Merriam-Webster
  3. whistle-stop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. whistle-stop, whistle stop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. whistle-stop, whistle-stop, whistle stop: Collins English Dictionary
  6. whistle stop: Vocabulary.com
  7. Whistle-Stop, whistle-stop: Wordnik
  8. whistle-stop, whistle stop: Wiktionary
  9. whistle-stop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. whistle-stop, whistle stop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. whistle stop: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. whistle-stop, whistle stop: Dictionary.com
  13. Whistle Stop (album), Whistle Stop (film), Whistle Stop, Whistle-stop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. whistle stop: Rhymezone
  15. whistle stop: FreeDictionary.org
  16. whistle stop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. whistle-stop, whistle stop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whistle stop: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Whistle stop)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of whistle-stop [(idiomatic) A small train station.]

Similar:
flag stop, waystation, stop-over, choo choo train, non-stop, stopsign, signalpost, pitstop, stop light, short line, more...

Phrases:
whistle stop tour, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, more...

Adjectives:
piggyback, traffic, pull-off, spot, terminal, containerised, freight, vehicled, lowball, daily, twinning

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Similar:
flag stop, waystation, stop-over, choo choo train, non-stop, stopsign, signalpost, pitstop, stop light, short line, more...

Phrases:
whistle stop tour, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, more...

Adjectives:
piggyback, traffic, pull-off, spot, terminal, containerised, freight, vehicled, lowball, daily, twinning



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