whistle-stop (redirected from whistle-stopping)

whis·tle-stop (hwsl-stp, ws-)

intr.v. whis·tle-stopped, whis·tle-stop·ping, whis·tle-stops

To conduct a political campaign by making brief appearances or speeches in a series of small towns.

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whistle-stop

Adjective

denoting a tour, esp. a campaign tour by a political candidate, in which short stops are made at many different places

Translations

whistle-stop [ˈwɪslstɔp] adj whistle-stop tour (US) (POL) → gira electoral rápida;

(fig) → recorrido rápido

whistle-stop [ˈwɪslstɔp] adj to make a whistle-stop tour of (Pol) → faire la tournée électorale des petits patelins de

whistle-stop [ˈwɪslstɔp] whistle adj to make a whistle-stop tour of (fig) → eine Rundreise machen durch;

(Pol) → eine Wahlkampfreise machen durch

whistle-stop [ˈwɪslstɔp] adj whistle-stop tour (POL), (fig) → rapido giro