Whistle Stop (Noun)
Meaning
A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The rural town had a whistle-stop station where passengers could get on or off the train if they signaled the driver in advance.
- During the election campaign, the presidential candidate made a whistle-stop tour of the country, stopping at small towns and villages along the way.
- The train only made a whistle-stop at the tiny station, just long enough for a handful of passengers to get on and off.
- In the old days, the train would make a whistle-stop at every small town and village along the route, no matter how tiny.
- As the train pulled into the whistle-stop station, the conductor would lean out the window and yell out the name of the stop to any waiting passengers.