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stock-still

[ stok-stil ]

/ ˈstɒkˈstɪl /

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adjective

completely still; motionless.

Origin of stock-still

First recorded in 1425–75, stock-still is from the late Middle English word stok still. See stock, still¹

Words nearby stock-still

stock unit, stock vaccine, stock watering, stock whip, stock-route, stock-still, stockade, stockade fence, stockbreeder, stockbreeding, stockbroker

Example sentences from the Web for stock-still

And as the witness began to openly weep, his sobs filled the stock-still courtroom.

Jerry Sandusky Trial, Day Two: Young Accuser Breaks Down |Diane Dimond |June 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The stock-still brick faade of an old church, against which the waves of people lurch and withdraw.

A History of American Literature |Percy H. Boynton
By and by, they peeped out and saw that King Log was stock-still.

The Book of Fables and Folk Stories |Horace E. Scudder
I stood, I know not how long, stock-still in the place where I had read that letter.

The First Violin |Jessie Fothergill

He had learned from watching the brakemen that dangerous backward left-hand swing that lands you stock-still in your tracks.

The Harbor |Ernest Poole
Mrs. Chadron whispered, leaning close to her where she had stopped, stock-still, as if she had struck a wall.

The Rustler of Wind River |G. W. Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for stock-still

stock-still

adverb

absolutely still; motionless