stock still
1Stock-still — a. [CF. G. stock still.] Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. [1913 Webster] His whole work stands stock still. Sterne. [1913 Webster] …
2stock-still — adv not moving at all ▪ Oscar stood stock still and listened …
3stock-still — [stäk′stil′] adj. as still as a stock, or log; perfectly motionless …
4stock-still — stock′ still′ adj. completely still; motionless • Etymology: 1425–75 …
5stock-still — ► ADVERB ▪ without any movement; completely still …
6stock-still — adverb OLD FASHIONED not making any movements …
7stock-still — I adjective absolutely still frozen with horror they stood rooted in astonishment • Syn: ↑frozen, ↑rooted • Similar to: ↑nonmoving, ↑unmoving …
8stock-still — ADJ: ADJ after v If someone stands or sits stock still, they do not move at all. The lieutenant stopped and stood stock still …
9stock-still — adjective Date: 15th century very still ; motionless < stood stock still > …
10stock-still — adjective two stock still deer were not more than twenty feet away from us Syn: motionless, completely still, unmoving, not moving a muscle, immobile, like a statue/stone, rooted to the spot, transfixed, paralyzed, petrified, static, stationary… …
