Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of whistle-stop English)
WordNet
n. a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal [syn: flag stop, way station]
Wikipedia
Whistle Stop is a 1946 crime film noir directed by Léonide Moguy and featuring starring George Raft and Ava Gardner. The screenplay is written by Philip Yordan, and based on a novel by Maritta M. Wolff. The supporting cast was headed by Victor McLaglen and Tom Conway
Whistle Stop is a jazz studio album by Kenny Dorham, featuring performances by acclaimed musicians Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. It was recorded in January 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, in Englewood Cliffs, and was originally released on Blue Note Records as BST 84063 and BLP 4063. "In 1975", Blumenthal states in the CD liner notes, "five British critics picked Whistle Stop as one of 200 albums that belonged in a basic library of jazz recorded after World War II".
A whistle stop is a stopping point at which trains stop only on request.
Whistle Stop may also refer to:
- Whistle Stop (film), a 1946 movie starring George Raft and Ava Gardner
- "Whistle Stop" (In Plain Sight episode), a 2010 episode of In Plain Sight
- Whistle Stop (album), a 1961 jazz studio album by Kenny Dorham
- Whistle stop train tour, a style of political campaign
- "Whistle Stop" (L.A. Law), an episode of L.A. Law
Usage examples of "whistle stop".
He took a train up from Nashville, and at every whistle stop all the way north across Kentucky he stood on a platform at the back of his Pullman and made a speech.
The person who says smugly that good manners are the same everywhere and people are just people hasn't been farther out of Podunk than the next whistle stop.