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whistle-stopped

whistle-stopped is the simple past and past participle of whistle-stop.

Meaning of whistle-stop

Verb

whistle-stop (third-person singular simple present whistle-stops, present participle whistle-stopping, simple past and past participle whistle-stopped)

  1. (intransitive) To make a brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering.

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Questions about whistle-stopped

What is whistle-stopped the simple past and past participle of?
Whistle-stopped is the simple past and past participle of whistle-stop.

Words near whistle-stopped in the dictionary

  1. whistle-blows
  2. whistle-drunk
  3. whistle-pig
  4. whistle-pigs
  5. whistle-stop
  6. whistle-stopped
  7. whistle-stopping
  8. whistle-stops
  9. whistle-to-whistle
  10. whistleable
  11. whistleberries

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