[whis.tle-stop] n, often attrib (ca. 1925) 1 a: a small station at which trains stop only on signal: flag stop b: a small community
2: a brief personal appearance esp. by a political candidate usu. on the rear platform of a train during the course of a tour
[2]whistle-stop vi (1952): to make a tour esp. in a political campaign with many brief personal appearances in small communities