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stand_stock_still

stock still

See also: stock-still

English

Adjective

stock still (not comparable)

  1. Very still; motionless.
    The team was stock still in front of the stable.

Adverb

stock still (not comparable)

  1. (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.