I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1.
a. : a small station at which trains stop only on signal : flag stop
b. : a small community : tank town
posters that brought in the yokels from fifty miles around every whistle-stop we played — Bennett Cerf
2. : a brief personal appearance especially by a political candidate usually on the rear platform of a train during the course of a tour
allowing people to savor his personality (which is the real purpose of a whistle-stop ) while thawing them out with an anecdote — John Mason Brown
3. : an insignificant or routine way station
Gander, that global whistle-stop in the midst of Newfoundland's immense forests — Friends Intelligencer
life is a whistle-stop between eternities — Rosa Marinoni
II. intransitive verb
1. : to make a tour (as a campaign swing) pausing at all way stations
whistle-stop across the country
2. : to make personal appearances or speeches at whistle-stops
whistle-stopping eastward through Utah in behalf of the … Democratic ticket — I.W.Russell