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whistlestopping

whistlestopping is the present participle and gerund of whistlestop.

Meaning of whistlestop

Noun

whistlestop (plural whistlestops)

  1. (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train stops if specifically requested.

Questions about whistlestopping

What is whistlestopping the present participle and gerund of?
Whistlestopping is the present participle and gerund of whistlestop.

Words near whistlestopping in the dictionary

  1. whistles up
  2. whistlestop
  3. whistlestop tour
  4. whistlestop tours
  5. whistlestopped
  6. whistlestopping
  7. whistlestops
  8. whistlewing
  9. whistlewings
  10. whistlewood
  11. whistlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whistlestopping (page history and authors); whistlestop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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