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whistle stop

  • 1 whistle-stop

    [wíslstɔp]
    1.
    noun
    railway
    postajališče, majhna postaja; mestece; politics kratek osebni nastop (političnega kandidata);
    2.
    adjective politics
    volilen

    English-Slovenian dictionary > whistle-stop

  • 2 whistle

    ['wisl] 1. verb
    1) (to make a shrill, often musical, sound by forcing one's breath between the lips or teeth: Can you whistle?; He whistled to attract my attention; He whistled a happy tune.) žvižgati
    2) (to make such a sound with a device designed for this: The electric kettle's whistling; The referee whistled for half-time.) (za)piskati
    3) (to make a shrill sound in passing through the air: The bullet whistled past his head.) žvižgati
    4) ((of the wind) to blow with a shrill sound.) žvižgati
    2. noun
    1) (the sound made by whistling: He gave a loud whistle to his friend across the road.) žvižg
    2) (a musical pipe designed to make a whistling noise.) piščal
    3) (an instrument used by policemen, referees etc to make a whistling noise: The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.) piščalka
    * * *
    I [wisl]
    noun
    žvižg, pisk, žvižganje, signal z žvižgom; piščalka; colloquially grlo, goltanec
    whistle stop American majhna postaja; volilna turneja (za predsedništvo)
    to blow a whistle — zapiskati, zažvižgati
    to pay (dear) for one's whistle figuratively drago plačati (svojo) šalo
    to wet one's whistle — zmočiti si grlo, napiti se
    II [wisl]
    1.
    intransitive verb
    (za)žvižgati, požvižgavati; piskati na piščal(ko); dati znak z žvižgom; vršeti (veter), šumeti, žvižgati (krogla);
    2.
    transitive verb
    žvižgati; music igrati na flavto; poklicati z žvižgom
    to whistle for a wind nautical žvižgati za veter (pri brezvetrju)
    you may whistle for it colloquially figuratively na to lahko še dolgo čakaš
    to whistle s.o. — požvižgati komu
    to whistle back, to whistle up — poklicati z žvižgom, požvižgati (komu)
    to whistle off colloquially popihati jo

    English-Slovenian dictionary > whistle

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  • whistle-stop — ☆ whistle stop [hwis′əl stäp΄, wis′əl stäp΄ ] n. 1. a small town, orig. one at which a train stopped only upon signal 2. a brief stop in a small town as part of a tour, esp. in a political campaign; orig., such a stop in which the candidate spoke …   English World dictionary

  • whistle-stop — whistle .stop adj AmE whistle stop tour/trip a trip during which someone, especially a politician, visits many different places in a short period of time ▪ a whistle stop tour of Texas …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • whistle-stop — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very fast and with only brief pauses …   English terms dictionary

  • whistle stop — noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal • Syn: ↑flag stop, ↑way station • Hypernyms: ↑railway station, ↑railroad station, ↑railroad terminal, ↑train station, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • whistle-stop — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • whistle-stop — /hwis euhl stop , wis /, v., whistle stopped, whistle stopping, adj. v.i. 1. to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters. 2. to take a trip consisting of… …   Universalium

  • Whistle Stop — Infobox Film | name =Whistle Stop caption =DVD cover director = Léonide Moguy producer = Seymour Nebenzal writer = Maritta M. Wolff (novel) Philip Yordan starring =George Raft Ava Gardner cinematography = Russell Metty music = Dimitri Tiomkin… …   Wikipedia

  • whistle-stop — 1. noun A small train station. 2. adjective Extremely brief and hurried. Weve only got 30 minutes at the stadium, so Ill give you a whistle stop tour. See Also: whistle stop cafe, whistle stop train tour …   Wiktionary

  • whistle-stop — ADJ: ADJ n If someone, especially a politician, goes on a whistle stop tour, they visit a lot of different places in a short time. Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublin on a whistle stop tour of EU… …   English dictionary

  • whistle-stop — {n.} A small town where the trains only stop on a special signal. * /President Truman made excellent use of the whistle stop during his 1948 campaign for the presidency./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • whistle-stop — {n.} A small town where the trains only stop on a special signal. * /President Truman made excellent use of the whistle stop during his 1948 campaign for the presidency./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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