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[ stok-stil ] / ˈstɒkˈstɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stock-still ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecompletely still; motionless. Origin of stock-stillFirst recorded in 1425–75, stock-still is from late Middle English stok still. See stock, still1 Words nearby stock-stillstock-route, stocks, stock saddle, stock shot, stock solution, stock-still, stocktaking, stock ticker, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, stock unit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stock-stillAnd 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. 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
adverbabsolutely still; motionless Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stock-stillstill, dead, deathly, firm, fixed, frozen, immobile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, standing |