whistle-stop
Language: en
USUKneutral
- A small, often insignificant railway station or town, typically one at which trains stop only briefly or on request.
USinformal
- A brief stop made by a train, or figuratively any very short stop or visit during a journey.
USUKinformalpolitical
- A rapid series of short public appearances or campaign visits in many different places, especially by a politician (as in a 'whistle-stop tour').
USUKinformal
- Describing something characterized by brief, hurried stops or brief, cursory treatment (adjectival use).
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