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stock-still

adj

Etymology

Inversion of earlier still as a stock, from stock (“tree-trunk”).

Definitions

  1. Very still

    Very still; motionless.

    • The team was stock-still in front of the stable.

  2. Without motion.

    • He lay stock-still among the bodies and blasted equipment.
    • Paul stood stock still; then came a strong impulse to turn and run back.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA