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stand_stock_still
stock still
See also: stock-still
English
Adjective
- Very still; motionless.
- The team was stock still in front of the stable.
Adverb
- (idiomatic) Without motion.
- (Can we date this quote?) Paul Travers' Adventures, by Sam T. Clover.
- "Paul stood stock still; then came a strong impulse to turn and run back."
- He lay stock still among the bodies and blasted equipment.
- (Can we date this quote?) Paul Travers' Adventures, by Sam T. Clover.