whistle-stop
Tiny railway station
A whistle-stop is a small town where trains stop only on signal—the engineer blows the whistle to announce arrival.
The term now mainly describes a rapid political campaign tour hitting many small towns in succession: a whistle-stop tour of the Midwest.
As an adjective, it suggests brief, hurried visits: a whistle-stop trip through Europe.
Political campaign activity
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- ralliesGathers or recovers
- speechesFormal spoken presentations
- candidatesThose seeking selection
voters · platforms · grassroots · barnstorming · hustings · canvassing · endorsements · primaries
Tiny rural settlement
- villageSmall rural community
- small-townLimited local outlook
- outpostRemote military station
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
settlement · backwater · rural · provincial · one-horse · sleepy · remote · isolated
Vehicle storage facility
- platformRaised flat structure
- railwayTrack system for trains
- junctionPoint where things meet
- haltComplete sudden stop
siding · trackside · rural · small-town · unmanned · wayside · passenger · timetable
Planned sequence of destinations
- excursionBrief recreational trip
- journeyTravel from place to place
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- whirlwindViolently rotating air column
brief · fleeting · scheduled · stops · venues · appearances · engagements · promotional
electioneering
Political campaign activity
candidates · voters · platforms · grassroots · barnstorming · hustings · canvassing · endorsements · primaries · constituents
hamlet
Tiny rural settlement
- villageSmall rural community
- small-townLimited local outlook
- outpostRemote military station
crossroads · settlement · backwater · rural · provincial · one-horse · sleepy · remote · isolated · nowhere
depot
Vehicle storage facility
halt · siding · trackside · rural · small-town · unmanned · wayside · passenger · timetable · signal
itinerary
Planned sequence of destinations
- excursionBrief recreational trip
- journeyTravel from place to place
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
whirlwind · brief · fleeting · scheduled · stops · venues · appearances · engagements · promotional · publicity
- travel stopsstopover, layover, waystation, gas station, service station
- campaign jargonstump speech, talking points, sound bites, soundbite, soundbites
- remote townsfishing hamlet, one-horse town, forgotten town, frontier town, hinterland
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- small townssmall town, hamlet, town, village, settlement
- small settlementshamlet, thorp, commune, clachan, settlement
whistle-stopmetropolis
Large important city
terminus · major city · central station · junction · capital