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Stock-still

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very still; motionless. not-comparable

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    absolutely still wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Without motion. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "He lay stock-still among the bodies and blasted equipment."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without moving or making a sound wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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